Hot swapping SATA?

[Deadlierchair]

Basically as above...I have 2 SATA drives that are storage drives, both using the SATA power cable and native SATA stuff. What's all this I hear about Serial ATA being hot swappable?

 

[rballantyne]

Sort of like USB. It means you can plug/unplug the drives while the comp is still on.
I tried that once with a new IDE drive.... let's just say IDEs definately ARE NOT hot swappable

 

[stub]

it seems like a pretty useful feature, but I'd like to see some hotswap enclosures for SATA drives-- plugging and unplugging cables in your computer while it is on does not sound very savory to me.

But then again, it might just be my reflexes-- I've known not to mess with the innards of a computer while its on since I was 4 (no I didn't do anything like mess with a box while it was on-- my dad just told me that)

 

[Ice Czar]

hmmm...when I was 4, a computer still took up the better part of a room

yes SATA is hotswapable, and there are plenty of hotswap enclosures\trays

http://www.scsi4me.com/?menu=menu_sata&pid=0