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Changable USB hard drives?
Is there such a thing as a USB hard drive enclosure which is hot swappable? (well not necessarily hot swappable but easily exchangable like those internal 5.25" ones for desktops)
Basically i want the ability to be able to use multiple 3.5" hard discs in a USB enclosure without having to constantly unscrew an enclosure case. Is such a thing available? (UK store links preferable if anyone is able to find anything) for your troubles you recieve :doggy: |
Define "Hot Swappable". If you want "Easily Disconnectable", yes. If you mean "Randomly unplug and replug" that's a great way to kill a hard drive.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812156101 |
I basically meant to be able to like pull out a drawer and drop in a new hard drive (think like putting a cassette in a VCR) Hot Swapping is probably the wrong term, i just meant like a USB enclosure with removable tray or something like that.
The link you gave me is a good solution, but wouldn't i require something to protect the drive rather than leaving it just lying about? edit: something akin to this: http://www.savastore.com/productinfo...d=207&rstrat=0 but external using USB and also supporting IDE drives. |
You won't find that, because while SATA is Hotpluggable, IDE is not. Even assuming you found one that was external, anything with a tray like that would be SATA-only. And companies know that if they create an easy tray, people will try hot-plugging, and they're not about to become liable for destroyed IDE hard drives.
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While on here i continuted googling,
came up with something: http://www.cooldrives.com/usb20dkrebay.html seems to do what i want. just need to find a UK stockist now. I have no objection disconnecting the device in windows and then turning the device off, it's just to remove the need for unscrewing etc. Cheers for the advice. |
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Yes I mean PCs. The drives I was using were PATA (Often called IDE) so they are not 'unmountable' in Windows. They did not appear as USB devices, but as real Pata (IDE) devices.
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