How to make a Hotswap IDE internal??

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  1. ugc

    ugc Regular member

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    I have upgraded many times and have quite a few IDE drives left over. I have interal IDE removable bays, but want to make the drive hotswapable so I don't have to turn my computer off to change drives.

    Computer is AMD running windows xp pro x32-bit version.

    any ideas or suggestions are very welcome. Thanks.
     
    ugc, Aug 19, 2006
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  2. ugc

    ugc Regular member

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    I was told that SATA is hotswapable, so I bought a card to convert IDE into SATA to hook up inside the computer. The card is being mailed to me. Should get it in a few days.

    Can anyone confirm that this setup will work?
     
    ugc, Aug 20, 2006
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    Would not think it will work myself. Never know though.
     
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