Hi, Yes, you can install Windows XP as a dual boot. To Create a New Partition from the Windows 7 Hard Disk Drive b. NOTE: If you want to install XP on a separate internal hard drive instead, then skip this step and go to step c. In Windows 7, select and shrink the Windows 7 volume in Disk Management by how many MB (1024 MB = 1 GB) you want to have for this XP partition. NOTE: You would do all of Method One at that link.

Vmware Workstation 7 Serial Keygen Photoshop on this page. Insert your XP installation disc, then restart the computer and press any key to boot from it when prompted. NOTE: Make sure that the CD/DVD drive is selected first in the boot order in the BIOS. From XP Setup, Press Enter. NOTE: On some multimedia keyboards, you may need to press the F-Lock or Function key before pressing F8.

While not intended for normal operation, this can be useful to install operating systems etc. ALIX system board 11 4/7/2009 Windows XP Home.

Select the partition (step b) or hard drive that you want to install XP on using the arrow keys and press Enter. Finish installing XP.

Addonics Dual CF-IDE HDD Adapter with 8GB SanDisk Extreme IV CompactFlash Changing your HDD for a CF boot drive (CompactFlash card on CF-PATA/SATA adapter) is an alternative to using SSD to boost the performance. This is primarily done by ThinkPad, and series owners due to the extremely slow speed of 1.8' HDD. Previously, using CompactFlash cards meant giving up on storage capacity. Nowadays the biggest available CF sizes are up to 100 GB so you even gain more storage space compared to a classic 1.8' HDD. ThinkPads utilizing PATA controller for the HDD slot can recognize both CF cards installed on a dual adapter. While newer ThinkPads, such as X41, which utilize SATA controller, can only recognize the single card installed on the primary slot. Championship Manager 3 Files Download Free Full Game 2010 Silverado on this page.

Advantages of CF boot drive • Much faster access time (20ms for 4200RPM HDD and >15ms for 5400RPM HDD) • Higher read throughput for >8KB blocks (may differ depending on brand, model, partition type and cluster size) • Higher write throughput for >64KB blocks (may differ depending on brand, model, partition type and cluster size) • Minimal risk of mechanical damage due to shock and vibration. Is therefore unnecessary) • Does not generate any noise or vibrations • (Possibly) a slight increase in battery life • (Possibly) less heat being generated Disadvantages of CF boot drive • Lower read throughput for. A often mentioned disadvantage of flash-based storage is the limited number of write cycles (typically 100,000 for the current generation Single-Level Cell (SLC) NAND, the type usually used in the faster CF cards). This should not however be as much of an issue because. • The 100,000 write cycles applies to each address block separately in the card, not to the card as a whole • The flash controller automatically distribute write operations evenly (wear leveling), so that the number of writes to each address block is kept low Therefore, it should take years of typical real world usage to render a current flash memory card based on SLC NAND unusable However, manufacturers have started in 2008 using Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND to make SSD.

MLC NAND typically has only about 10,000 write cycles. To complicate things further a company called EasyCo claims her Managed Flash Technology (MFT) 'increases the write-life of Flash Disks more than 50-fold', which could be what made possible the launch of SSD based on MLC NAND. If in doubt, check with the manufacturer directly for details.

See and for more information. What you need • A passive CF to PATA/SATA adapter • Sadly, the X30's native CF slot does not appear to be bootable, so you're stuck using an adapter in the PATA drive sled like everyone else.

• One or more CompactFlash cards with the following parameters: • (For Windows) Identify itself as a fixed disk instead of removable media • (Preferably) UDMA support • (Preferably) 266X speed or better CF to PATA adapter CF to PATA (IDE) These adapters will work with both ThinkPads with 1.8' and 2.5' HDD slot with PATA interface • Addonics AD44MIDECF (single slot) • Addonics AD44MIDE2CF (dual slot). Many of the adapters sold in eBay may not be usable for x40 as their #1 pin is on the left side (looking from the top, usually marked by a white diagonal line). The #1 pin should be on the right side as the Addonics series. Flipping the insertion of popular 'V B1' adapter works but there is no guarantee of performance and space may not permit. On the other hand PA-CF18H adapter has been reported to work fine and may be a good alternative for Addonics converters.

Please read page 15 of the forum discussion link below this page. On the,,, and, the, but will continue to boot after 5-10 seconds or after pressing enter (assuming you have a recent BIOS installed). The beeps can be muted by using the hardware mute button before the last shutdown/reboot CompactFlash cards Speed While many CF cards claim to have high throughput, it's not necessarily a good indicator. As the claimed throughput is usually only attainable in specific situations (usually sequential and large block operations). But in typical usage as a boot drive, it usually involves lots of random and small block operations. Therefore, the actual performance figures can only be found out via real world benchmarks.

Below is a list of some of the cards reported to be working, it's by no mean authoritative and final. Most CompactFlash cards by default identify themselves as removable media instead of fixed disk. Which is fine for Linux, but not for Windows. If you have to use a CF card that has the type bits set to Removable and want to install Windows XP you can work around it as follows; • Use Linux to partition the drive with a FAT32 partition (you can boot from one of the LiveCD/LiveUSB distributions for this), and set the partition bootable. • Start the install of Windows, during install you will be given the opportunity to migrate to NTFS • After the install is finished you will need to install the Hitachi microdrive disk drivers (google for XPfildrvr1224.zip), which will mask the removable bits and should allow suspend and other operations that fail on a removable drive to work.

Transcend 133X/266X/300X These cards are known to identify themselves as fixed disk via CF-IDE adapters without any manual intervention, and is of good value, and speed (for 266X/300X). SanDisk Extreme SanDisk used to provide a utility (when asked) under NDA to change the type bit to Fixed disk. It has however changed it stance on this and now refuses to provide it. This utility (ATCFWCHG.COM) however can be found for download at various places (try Google). You will need to boot DOS and run it with the CF configured as either the master on the primary IDE interface or the master on the secondary interface.

It will not work if the drive is attached as a slave or to any other interfaces. To set a SanDisk Extreme adapter attached to the primary IDE interface to Fixed disk ATCFWCHG.COM /P /F To set a SanDisk Extreme adapter attached to the secondary IDE interface (Ultrabay) to Fixed disk ATCFWCHG.COM /S /F. It seems that the ATCFWCHG.EXE utility is incompatible with SATA to IDE bridges, such as found in the X41. In those cases you will have to connect the CF card to another computer or ThinkPad with a regular IDE (PATA) interface to change the flag, after which you can put it into the ThinkPad X41.

SanDisk Ultra II 4 GB This card doesn't work with the Debian stable 2.6.26 kernel in a X41 tablet with SATA controller, it seems to be to slow. Kingston Ultimate The Kingston Ultimate CF card ships as CF-Removable, and although Kingston admits it is possible to change the type to Fixed disk, it was not willing when asked to provide a tool/application for this purpose. But supposedly the Kingston card automatically changes ID based on the adapter used, so it will ID as fixed disk when used with an IDE-CF or SATA-CF adapter, but will ID as CF-Removable when used with a PCMCIA adapter. Silicon Power 300X to be updated Photofast 533X Works fine, read performance up to 43mbit/s acording to hdparm Storage capacity issues Due to the limited capacity for high speed CF cards, the space may not be enough for some users. As a typical OS may already consume 3-4GB already. Here are some suggestions on how to work around it. Each of the below suggestion has its pros and cons, and should be selected on a case-to-case basis.

• Put only the OS and frequently accessed files on the main CF card • (If dual-CF is possible) Add a second CF card, which will show up as an additional drive. Moreover since the speed needs not be as fast as the main CF card, a slower card with larger capacity could be desirable.

• On certain ThinkPads, there is an internal card reader (e.g. CF on X20/X30, and SD/SDHC on X40/X41/X60/X61) which can house another flash card.

However, the speed is certainly to be worse than connecting to the PATA/SATA interface. • Use a PC Card/ExpressCard SSD drive. However, the price of SSD is likely to be more expensive than flash cards.

• Use a PC Card/ExpressCard flash reader to house another flash card. • Use a USB drive. Take mind that the drive will stick out, which is less desirable as a permanent solution (appearance/damage/speed especially if USB 2.0 is not supported) • (If network access is readily available) Store the files on a network drive (e.g. Server disk/NAS) Linux issues With the Addonics adapters listed above (and possibly with other ones as well), the kernel's libata driver might warn about a 40-wire cable and default to UDMA/33 operation: [ 27.831146] ata1.00: limited to UDMA/33 due to 40-wire cable [ 27.846808] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33 This has been observed with version 2.6.24 of the kernel, and it may affect older ones, too. A patch is available from that adds a force_cbl kernel parameter. After applying the patch and recompiling the kernel, you can then set force_cbl=80: [ 7.140864] ata1: forcing 80c [ 7.140886] ata1.00: CFA: LEXAR ATA FLASH CARD, 20071016, max UDMA/100 [ 7.140890] ata1.00: 7831152 sectors, multi 0: LBA [ 7.140908] ata1.00: forcing 80c [ 7.141625] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100 With the patch enabled, the above system achieves 42MB/sec read performance according to hdparm.

Without it, performance suffers: 23MB/sec.