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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:58:47 GMT, reply.to@NG.please (Ross) 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?
>
>Ross

My cradles have key switches on the front.  When the key is turned to
the remove position, all power is cut to the drive.  Surely this is
the same as having a sudden power outage, or if you turn off the pc.
So I can't see how this would do anything to the drive that turning
off the computer doesn't already do.

However I can't see how you could hot swap a new drive back into the
craddle without rebooting the OS.




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