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Driver Storage - Built-In

Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Sales Strategies submitted by leolonewolf_nw08 Apr 2

How many times have you lost the driver disc for some errant piece of hardware? Or can't seem to find the website to download the driver from? Or can't even get on the internet becuase your system has crashed and you have no other computer available?

The Solution: A onboard (motherboard) compact flash slot that is completely internal from the chassis (physcially accessible only by opening the case) that allows you to store and access a compact flash card, your choice of size, and be able to replace it if need be. This flash drive would act not only as a storage location for drivers, which can be preloaded from the factory, but also updated by the dell update software or the user if non-dell parts are added to the system.

Additionally it could also be designed to create a bootable portion for the computer in the event of a HDD failure.

You could even take this as far as adding a second slot that would allow for encrypted file storage, being that they would have to be small files and not excessive in quantity. 23 Comments »