The unique CF - SATA HDD Adapter from Addonics Technologies is designed to enable Compact Flash (CFI/II) media to be used as a direct replacement for a 2.5" SATA hard drive. As a result your laptop computer, that uses a 2.5" SATA hard drive can be easily converted to use the low power and shock resistant CF media, just like a SATA solid state drive (SSD). Once installed, the CF appears as an ordinary SATA hard drive to any operating system and can be configured as a boot device. It proves its handiness as it mounts directly onto laptop 2.5" SATA connector. This CF Card can be the primary bootable device containing the OS and applications and it is also transparent to the operating system and does not require any drivers for the set up. Additionally its adaptable enough as it is compatible with DOS, Windows 3.1, NT4, 98SE, Windows ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Mac and Linux. minimize