Have an extra 60GB 2.5" Drive

[Comdrpopnfresh]

60GB 7200RPM SATA 2.5" (either 2mb or 8mb cache)

I'm currently considering getting a form factor converter/housing to add this drive to my desktop alongside my current 250gb, 640gb, and 1TB drives. I'd then throw Asus's ExpressGate on the fastest portion of the drive (requiring me to use a SIL5723 port configured for IDE mode; expressgate doesn't work on AHCI or RAID) and maybe use the rest of the space for virtual machines or multi-boot installs of ubuntu and backtrack.
Figure it's a good use of hardware and 60gb it provides, and since it's a laptop drive, I can use crystaldiskinfo to set the power management for minimum energy consumption; seeing how all those uses for the storage space are not ongoing.

I was also wondering: Is it possible to JBOD this drive with my 250GB drive, which I use for recorded television storage, to get 310GB or space?
Also, if one were to use intel matrix raid on 2 differently sized drives, is it possible to partition the remaining space on the larger drive as a non-raid volume for, say, storage?

 

[TXAngel08]

Oh good lord why would you want to do any of that?

That drive is slow as molasses compared to your desktop drives. Shame it isn't worth anything anymore, or I'd suggest you sell it.

*shudders at the thought of a laptop drive in a desktop*

 

[Emulex]

external $2.99 case - use it for compressed backup of bare metal o/s in case you blow your main drive.

 

[Gillbot]

Oh good lord why would you want to do any of that?

That drive is slow as molasses compared to your desktop drives. Shame it isn't worth anything anymore, or I'd suggest you sell it.

*shudders at the thought of a laptop drive in a desktop*

it's worth more than a desktop of equivalent space usually. Toss it into the FS/FT section and see if you can trade it off for a better 3.5".

 

[coolVariable]

could be nice as a drive for a low power system.

 

[Comdrpopnfresh]

could be nice as a drive for a low power system.

agreed. combined with the processor and slim dvd/rw drive from the same system , I figured it'd make one hell of an htpc. problem is, I bought my first laptop when intel was making bastard/frankenstein chips, and no boards except for industrial or 'on-card' systems exist for it.

I dropped the swimmies and jumped into the deep-end of making+altering systems nearly 4 years ago (aka, began cracking open and messing with computers m+d didn't pay for). Most of what I've learned is that it is a shame to see a good part go oprhaned and abandoned... mostly from seeing that very thing occur over and over. Whenever I remember, I still mourn for my s939 3800+ x2 that resides, well lapped to a mirror and loved beyond its age, in an altoids tin with silica packets.

 

[jjmIII]

ext case...

 

[Comdrpopnfresh]

ext case...

any exist that'll kill the 2.5" hdd and slim dvd with one stone?