Re: can a hard disk in removable cradle be hot-swapped?

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From: Geoff Dyer
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 00:00

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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 15:18:56 GMT, x@invalid.zeta.org.au (Richard
RUDEK) wrote:

>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.

Ouch. I hadn't thought about the spike possibility. 
FWIW, I have seen a mobile rack in a shop (forgotten which one, might
have been NaSa in Sydney), which had drivers to allow hot-swapping. I
was just looking at the outside of the cardboard box, so I have no
idea how they handled the power transition (maybe by software or off
the keylock?). 

--
Geoff 
(to e-mail me, remove any instances of "-nospam" from my address)

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Subject: Re: can a hard disk in removable cradle be hot-swapped?
Date: 1999/10/29
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