Question: I have a SATA hard drive that says it supports hot-plugging. Does that mean I can actually connect it to power and a SATA plug while my computer is running? Would be handy, but seems kind of scary…
Hardware details:
- Motherboard: Gigabyte, GA-MA790X-UD3P
- Hard drive: Western Digital, WD10EADS-00L5B1
Or might have been a different hard drive I read was hotpluggable… either way I’m more curious about the theory of it all rather than my specific case :p
Answer: As long as its not the OS drive you should be fine, since SATA is “hotswappable” though i have experienced corruptions of the FS once or twice. So i try to avoid it.