Re: is a usb 2 flash drive faster than any IDE drive?

dterrors@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Am I better off installing windows on a 4GB usb 2.0
flash drive than I am installing it on (any) IDE drive?
I heard they're 3x faster than HDD.

One very fundamental problem with this approach
is that most flash drives cant do that many writes.

If so, which 4gb+ usb 2 drives are the fastest?

Why does the speed matter to you ?


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