With this adapter, you can replace a hard disk drive (HDD) with a CF card acting as an SSD. It is suitable for laptops equipped with an IDE slot, supports mini-ITX Type I, II and Microdrive Compact Flash, features jumper-selectable master/slave modes, is compatible with all fixed-disk-mode CF cards on the market, operates in true IDE mode, supports UDMA mode, and can boot on any operating system, including Linux, DOS and Windows.