How to Install Hot Swap Hard Drives

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Tip 1 - How to Install Hot Swap Hard Drives | eHow

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Melvin Washington | permalink

Having a hot swap drive bay in your computer gives you a convenient way to access data from several different hard drives without needing to have all of them installed in the computer at the same time. Install a hot swap drive bay if you have multiple hard drives and would like to be able to exchange them in your computer without opening the case...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_5591517_install-hot-swap-hard-drives.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - What is the advantage of having "hot swappable hard drives"

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Carmelo LANZAFAMI | permalink

Please excuse this newbie question, but what is the advantage to having hot swappable hard drives. I am thinking of building a computer and some cases have one or more drives that are hot swappable.

For further reading: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/265180-32-what-advantage-swappable-hard-drives ^[2]

Tip 3 - Can standard hard drives be used in hot swap trays?

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by eileen giarrusso | permalink

I am a little confused about this. I understand that hot swappable hard drives are considerably more expensive than a standard internal drive, but is that due to the tray? If I have a case that a...

For further reading: http://superuser.com/questions/458257/can-standard-hard-drives-be-used-in-hot-swap-trays ^[3]