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Question about building my new system

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yeedog

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Hi all, this my first attempt at building a computer from scratch. Well i collect live shows off of the internet from taper friendly bands like Dave Matthews Band. Well these files get very hugh, approx 1.GB for 2.5 hour show. So i was thinking that instead of having to put lots of Hard Drives in my computer that I could just use a remvable hard drive method like one shown on this page:

http://www.aboutcomputerparts.com/removadisk.htm

This hard drive would be my slave hard drive in my system where all that will be on it is High Quality Shows. I have a question tho. When using this method will i be able to swap the hard drives in and out while the computer is still on or do i have to shut down that computer evertime i want to swap a hard dirve in and out? I think the term is Hot Swappable?

This way if i go this route I don't have to have to buy a add on card for more IDE slots and my computere will be quieter as I won't access these shows often, but it's more of an archival purpose.

Thanks all i hope soembody can help me out.

--Brian
 
I don't think so. It is just an extension of a regular drive which is inherently not hot-swappable. Just more wires in the back.

Anyway, if it was they would have touted it so. Hot-swappability for a price like that is excellent.
 
It's the same thing as a HD. A HD goes inside the rack. It's still a hard drive though.
You need to shutdown and remove it if you dont want to mess it up.
Are people getting so lazy these days that they cnat shut down now? 😕 LOL

-Nore

PS: This is from the website. "A removable hard drive system is also secure, providing a key lock which prevents the disk from being removed while in use." That kind of means that if it's on it shouldn't come out
 
Thanks all I read that statement about the key on the site, but it didn't click that it shouldn't be removed. It's not that i'm lazy, it just would be easier when swapping hard drives in and out that i didn't have to reboot as i think i would be swapping them in and out alot for organization purposes.
 
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