On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 17:23:19 -0600 Dimitri Maziuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > Hi, > > > > I know that there are removable cartridges that allow one to swap > > IDE disk drives when the PC is shut down, i.e. cold-swapping. > > > > Is there a way to hot-swap IDE drives like it it possible with > > SCSI drives? The 'net research I've done indicates that it is > > not possible, but I wonder if I have missed anything. > > I've hot-swapped IDE drives before. It's certainly doable, although > I wouldn't recommend it. Why do you want to hot-swap it, anyway?
Data backup for my 60GB disk drive. The only other technology that I know of to protect the data would be a high-end tape drive, like a DLT. However, they cost 5x more then my computer... Why don't you recommend it? -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | ! "As I like to joke, I may have invented it, but Microsoft | | made it popular" David Bradley, regarding Ctrl-Alt-Del | +------------------------------------------------------------+
