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Vince604   05-25-2002 at 03:51:00 AM

I've heard of this but have never tried it as I'm not quite sure how it works...
So here are my questions I wanted to ask:

Do you need special hardrives to do hot swap?
Do you have to have a special chasis or kit to do it?
Does it have to part of the array in a RAID setup or can it be used as just a hardrive on it's own?
Is there software that will automatically turn removable hardrive kits into hot swap?

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Crashman   05-30-2002 at 04:23:50 AM
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You can hot swap any IDE drive in any tray, as long as you use an identicle drive to replace it, and the drive is not being accessed at the time of swap. All you need to do is set it as removable in device manager.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

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Vince604   05-30-2002 at 07:35:37 AM
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Is it possible to just use it like a disk drive? Like be able to use it just as storage and then remove it without any problems?

And how do I enable it in device manager if it won't let me check the box as to optimize for quick removal?

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Crashman   05-30-2002 at 06:14:33 PM
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I used to do this with a $10 cage and a 4.3GB Maxtor drive without problems.

As for device manager, I didn't have any problems just setting it as a removable device. I don't know where your problems lie.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

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siliconjon   05-30-2002 at 08:53:51 PM
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Yes, but if you don't have your OS setup for the drive to be removable, then you should only swap while the computer is off. Though I've never tried it without having it setup as a swappable...hmmm...maybe...nah, don't wanna toast my beauties. Maybe if I get ahold of another 2 giger, I'll test the bstard.

Oh, and if you do it with a different type of hard drive, you'll need to be sure your BIOS isn't set up for just that drive, have it on AUTO for you corresponding IDE channel.


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Vince604   05-31-2002 at 03:10:45 AM
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alright...

were you in a raid setup at that time?

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Crashman   05-31-2002 at 06:15:12 AM
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no.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

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