Connect/Disconnect drives w/mobo powered ?

[- Bob -]

Is it safe to connect and disconnect IDE drives with the system
booted (DOS command) ? I know that the removable carriers effectively
do this, but if I do it manually I'll need to do power then signal,
or vise-versa. I can't do both simultaneously.

Bob

 

[RonK]

Not recommended. You can damage the hard drive due to a surge - not to
mention that the head in the hard drive has not parked.

 

[Splitskull]

NO it's not safe ... u r far far away from safe

 

[Capman]

Removable carriers for IDE drives are just ment to help with moving
drives when the power is off.

I only know one person that can pull IDE drives out of an active
machine and he has the drives in a internal USB case.

A

The Genica 210 removable drive bay allows hot swap on Windows 98.

http://www.genica.com/Harddrives/gn-210.htm

 

[Andrew]

Removable carriers for IDE drives are just ment to help with moving
drives when the power is off.

I only know one person that can pull IDE drives out of an active
machine and he has the drives in a internal USB case.

A

 

[sheer]

External USB 2.0 case is the only way I would try.