I am planning on getting a new box using an Abit IP35 Pro motherboard with the ICH9R for the south bridge. I don't plan on using the jmicron esata ports and instead will hook up my external drives using the ICH9R esata ports via an esata bracket.
I require a backup strategy that requires a...
I was just wondering whether you can treat an esata drive just like you would one connected via USB 2.0 or firewire (e.g. connect and disconnect external drives at will without requiring a reboot)