Corsair 32GB USB Flash Drive for $79.99 Shipped After Rebate

Can I boot from this?

Is it possible to put XP and boot off these critters? How does the I/O rate compare to an HHD? I just read a paper that solid state emories will replace Hard Drives in the not too distant future

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spydo3x said:
Is it possible to put XP and boot off these critters? How does the I/O rate compare to an HHD? I just read a paper that solid state emories will replace Hard Drives in the not too distant future

:yawn:
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Look up Bart PE.. Allows XP to boot from thumb or CD. The question is will the PC bios allow you to boot from the removable device.
 
Flash memory has a limited number of writes, so SSD manufacturers must implement algorithms to distribute writes across the drive ("wear leveling"). A flash drive like this doesn't have any such algorithms, so running Windows off of it would torture it. (Of course it would probably still last a few years anyway.)

Generally flash memory is faster with reads and slower with writes, as compared to hard disk drives. This varies between different flash memory.
 
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