Moose,
May I recommend the freeware HotSwap to solve the hot swap problem. I have
been using it under XP for the last couple of years and recently migrated to
W7 (with a build very close to you dream system) and found HotSwap still
works fine. Though my current W7 load throws a fit if I just switch off the
dock which it didn't do with XP. Probably need to update the BIOS... :)
Dan S
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From: Moose [mailto:olymoose@xxxxxxxxx]
Subject: Re: [OM] Strictly OT: System Crash
> If you're cloning or backing up to SATA drives then the BlacX is a good
> solution.
>
<<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153071&cm_re=blac
x_docking_station-_-17-153-071-_-Product>>
> Moose and I have them. They come in USB only or USB/eSATA combo
> interfaces. I suggest the latter although it costs a bit more than USB
> only.
Yup, works well for me. When I first got it, I could hot swap drives by
rescanning in Storage Manager. Some upgrade or
other appears to have killed that, so I do have to reboot anytime I plug in
or turn on ANY eSATA drive or swap drives in
the BlacX. Might or might not be particular to my hardware, though.
Moose
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