Hot swap?

[mtx]

I disconnect my SATA DVDRW and put an already formatted HDD on but Windows XP does not recognize it until I reboot. SATA is hot swappable...........?

 

[HardwareGuru]

What? You did this while the pc was on?

 

[Old Hippie]

SATA is hot swappable...........?

Not unless you have AHCI drivers installed and enabled in the BIOS.

Installing these drivers depends upon which OS (XP or Vista/w7) you're using.

 

[engiNURD]

Indeed... if the controller is in IDE emulation mode, hotswap is not available.