hot swap question

[Patramix]

Quick question, haven't used a hot swap in years, and i just got a new 800D, i got 2WD back 1TB and 500gig's with win 7 64bit

my question is how does it work for the hot swap? can i remove my backup drives (wd black) and insert my other backup drive while power is on? do i need to do something in windows first?

thanks
sorry if this is laying around here somewhere dint see it.

[MarkOne]

you have to set the drive in AHCI mode in the BIOS

[lowfat]

As long as AHCI is enabled (and w/ some motherboards hotswap as well), you should be fine. Although it is a good idea to use the 'Safely Remove Hardware' first if possible.

[Patramix]

kk thanks guys, need to look in bios now.

[Patramix]

humm my current board might not do it, EVGA 780i sli board or i wasn't looking hard enough.

[MarkOne]

Originally Posted by Patramix

kk thanks guys, need to look in bios now.

wait a minute, it's not simple to change the seting from IDE to AHCI after the OS is install, you have to do it before

[Patramix]

lol now you tell me lol

good thing my current board doesn't seem to support it. don't matter much anyways, i just ordered the p7p55d-e pro and a shiny new i5 so ill need to reinstall win 7 anyways.

i just need to keep in mind to activate that AHCI option before.

thanks for the info.

[gingerbee]

just install with ahci drivers first then if needed you can always just turn back to ide and reboot simple and done why bother to even use ide at all.jmo

[Patramix]

does win 7 come with those drivers or do i need to download them and input the drivers during install?

[grinder]

from my experience it's a 50/50 chance you will need the AHCI drivers on a USB key when you load windows for the first time with AHCI enabled.