Is my CF a non removable?

[/Lelle]

How do I know if my CF card act as a non removable? In BIOS it looks
like a hardrive. Windows diskmanager says that it is a removable disk.
If the CF was provided as non removable, wouldn't Windows treat it so?
The problem is that I can't make it boot with XPE. What do you think?

/Lelle

 

[Brad Combs]

Lelle,

Sandisk is the one of the manufacturers that offers a utility to mark their
CF product as non-removable. There is an NDA agreement which needs to be
signed to obtain it. I think Simpletech also offers a non-removable CF, but
it's not available on a retail level. I'm sure there are others by now.
Based on your previous post I don't think that Viking, or Memorex offers a
non-removable solution. Your best bet it to get your runtime working on a
hard drive while you investigate the CF options. And as always don't run FBA
on a CF because the writes to the disk are extensive. Run FBA on a hard disk
first, configure your runtime, and then transfer to your CF. HTH,

Brad Combs
Imago Technologies

 

[Juergen Striegel]

I've got a sample of the new sandisk CF, part no. SDCFB-256-201-80
(256MB, 201 means new and fast controller chip).
This CF came to me as a non-removable device: I didn't have to use the
sandisk tool on it (the old tool doesn't work at all with the new CF).
Perhaps they learned something from the past?

 

[Guest]

I got an answer from the Viking support and they says that
their card acts like non removable. Can I belive them? How
do your cards look in windows diskmanager? As removable?
Maybe I should by a Sandisk CF card, just to be sure about
it.

 

[Slobodan Brcin]

If you can make two partitions from disk manager then it is non-removable.
Simple is it not?

Regards,
Slobodan

 

[Lelle]

Of course. You are a genius. I will try it immediately.

Millon thanks

/Lelle

 

[Amit Shreewastav]

i can suggest u one way (that have been using), u can
leave attached CF while booting any other windows OS such
as win2000 or XP. these OS are smart enough to determine
whether CF is marked as removable or not.
amit