Technically this can be done with an Esata drive or a flexible bios. for your scenario my suggestion is to have an internal drive for your system and then all important data gets mirrored off to an external device. either NAS or USB. There are other drive connections you cna look into such as thunderbolt and firewire. Lots of ways to do this. On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 7:52 AM, Michael wrote: > thanks... what about this: do they have something where you can make all > of your hard drives external? I so fear a fire and losing all of my data. I > want to just be able to run into the room and yank the hard drive (I live > in a tinder box!). > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Anon Anon wrote: > >> Also, I use an m2 SSD. Look for something supporting m2 flash. Mine is >> super fast but 512gb cost me 300 buckeronies. >> >> On Sep 1, 2016 07:39, "Anon Anon" wrote: >> >>> You want a solid state drive. >>> >>> On Sep 1, 2016 07:37, "Michael" wrote: >>> >>>> I'm interested in getting a computer that doesn't run with a >>>> traditional hard drive (I guess that would be a flash drive). Are they >>>> called something different or else what is the technical name so I can look >>>> them up. I really want one I can put together myself. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen