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<a href="http://lifehacker.com/5160614/build-your-own-sata-switch" rel="ugc">http://lifehacker.com/5160614/build-your-own-sata-switch</a><br />
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hope that helps
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http://lifehacker.com/5160614/build-your-own-sata-switch [http://lifehacker.com/5160614/build-your-own-sata-switch]


hope that helps

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or google <br />
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sata dual boot switch
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Or you could consider a SATA Hot Swap enclosure such as this:<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/KingWin-KF-1000-BK-Single-Internal-SATA/dp/B00126U0VA" rel="ugc">http://www.amazon.com/KingWin-KF-1000-BK-Single-Internal-SATA/dp/B00126U0VA</a>
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Or you could consider a SATA Hot Swap enclosure such as this:
http://www.amazon.com/KingWin-KF-1000-BK-Single-Internal-SATA/dp/B00126U0VA [http://www.amazon.com/KingWin-KF-1000-BK-Single-Internal-SATA/dp/B00126U0VA]

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Hello,<br />
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I am interested in dual booting Linux and Windows, but I don't want to deal with GRUB anymore. &nbsp;I would like to use a physical switch on the outside of my computer that switches between two different Sata hard drives for the motherboard to read off of.<br />
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I can't find a place that sells a switch for routing two sata wires into one plug. &nbsp;Is there a name for this kind of product. &nbsp;Any recommendations for this are much appreciated.<br />
<br />
thanks!
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Hello,

I am interested in dual booting Linux and Windows, but I don't want to deal with GRUB anymore.  I would like to use a physical switch on the outside of my computer that switches between two different Sata hard drives for the motherboard to read off of.

I can't find a place that sells a switch for routing two sata wires into one plug.  Is there a name for this kind of product.  Any recommendations for this are much appreciated.

thanks!

Dual boot 2 Sata HDs using a physical switch

Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.

Storage Hardware

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