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E6430 -y? swapping HDDs?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by Rykoshet, Sep 15, 2013.

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  1. Rykoshet

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    I have an E6430. Ideally, I would like it to be used by 2 different people. Would it be possible to create a semi-hot swappable system by buying 2 media bay hard drive caddies, and putting both HDDs in a caddy?

    When user 1 is using the system, they would load their HDD into the caddy, use it, and hibernate when done.

    User 2 would put in theirs, use it, and then hibernate...

    Are there any issues with this approach? Can you boot from the media bay?

    I am hoping this can be done...any issues I would need to be aware of? Cross-talk, hard drive encryption, etc? I would be using HDD encryption on one of those drives.
     
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    Do you really want to avoid purchasing a second laptop that much? It will undoubtably result in excessive wear on the module bay connector.

    Can you dual-boot from the main HDD?
     
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