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bah <not@here.com> wrote:

>In aus.computers.ibm-pc Ross <reply.to@NG.please> wrote:
>: I've just installed removable hard disk cradles so I can put a
>: removable (second) hard disk in each PC.   So far, I've been turning
>: the PC off for safety before pulling out the hard disc cradle.
>: However, it would be a lot more convenient if I could treat it like a
>: floppy - ie, so long as the drive is not actually writing to disk at
>: the time, can you pull the disk out while the PC and Windows are still
>: powered up?
>
>: Is this OK?   Won't hurt the hard disk, I hope?
>
>hurt? trash more like it heh
>
>neither ide nor most scsi is hot swappable as is, as the other poster pointed out no software support for it either in
>doze,
>
>its what you would call a really really bad idea

True. 

However, there's a "Removable" check box on a later win9x drivers
(Device Manager, Disk Drives, Properties, Settings), so I wonder wether
this actually effects VCache's operation. ie allow you to hot swap an
IDE hard disk...

But then again, many power supplies won't like the current surge as you
insert the drive - ie reboot the PC. Perhaps you could experiment with
an external enclosure with it's own power supply.
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