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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?

Well, as long as it's done gently it probably won't hurt the disk
(remember though it *is* still spinning while there's power to it),
but there's not much point because (depending on the OS) the machine
will probably reboot on the spot. (My BH6 motherboard, no fancy power
management and running Win98 certainly does so on at least one of
removal/ insertion of the disk.) 

With a floppy/ CD/ ZIP/ LS-120 or whatever, you're not removing the
drive, just the disk/ disc. With a hard disk in a mobile rack, you're
removing the whole drive assembly (and a drive letter) without the
software being notified gracefully. 

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Geoff 
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