My System

Unless otherwise noted, all the posts in this blog are related to working in the following environment.

Hardware

• Lenovo T510 Laptop
• 8GB memory
• internal 500GB HD for Windows 7
• internal 750GB HD for Linux
• eSATA port for connecting external SATA drives (great feature when one want to have 3 HDs available or swap in other HDs for special purposes)
• Thermaltak BlackX HDD docking station (ST0005U)
• takes a single 2.5" HD or a single 3.5" HD
• USB 2.0 or eSATA connection to host
• press F12 at system startup to get a boot menu that sees this device
• both Windows 7 and Linux Mint see this device

Software

• Windows 7 Professional edition, 64 bit
• Linux Mint 14 Nadia, 64 Bit, Cinnamon
• Based on Ubuntu Quantal (12.10)