Nice solution for Hot Plug any OS

[Dietmar]

Hi,

I do a lot of search for a new tower for any motherboard,

that has the Hot Plug (hot swap) possibility for a 3.5 HD.

The Corsair 800D and 900D have it, but only the 800D at its front side.

To integrate a Hot Plug case into the tower as the 900D did, is for me without any sense.

And I do not want any screws, as the Server Tower Supermicro SC745 // CSE-745 has.

Crazy search without any success.

Modern tower even dont have any 5.25 slots because of no optical drive.

But then I come to the idea to use such a tower with a free 5.25 slot.

Waaooh.., her it is:

Icy Dock MB795SP-B Speicherlaufwerksgehäuse 2.5/3.5" HDD / SSD-Gehäuse Schwarz (MB795SP-B).

It sits in a 5.25 case, has place for a 2.5 and a 3.5 Sata harddisk.

AND you can switch them off individually, without disconnecting.

They have one power connection, but both Sata connectors are separate.

So it is just connected as a normal Sata harddrive.

This is near to an ideal solution for me,

tell me your thoughts and experiance

Dietmar

 

 

 

"MB795SP-B"

 

Edited January 4 by Dietmar

[Mark-XP]

i think there aren't offered many new models with these useful slots nowadays, maybe Antec does still offer such.

But you may look here on kleinanzeigen: i myself use (since more than a decade) exactly this one here - not perfect but rather good. It seems be an Antec NSK4000: it has space for three 5,25" and two 3,5" devices.

And i even removed the double usb2 in the front and replaced it with a switch, so i can easyly turn off the internal 2,5 ssd and boot to the externally plugged disk/ssd.

And a happy new year @Dietmar btw!

Edit: Here are offered two of these Antec's - for free

Edited January 4 by Mark-XP

[Dietmar]

@Mark-XP

After a really loong search I buy this PC Tower new

SilverStone SETA D1

It has 4x 5.25 slot extern and a lot of possibilities to change all the cases for HD etc.

Dietmar

[Mark-XP]

1 hour ago, Dietmar said:

After a really loong search I buy this PC Tower new: SilverStone SETA D1

As far as i can read, a good decision, a very solid & flexible case!

[D.Draker]

Dietmar, that device isn't locked to any specific OS, Anything starting Vista would do just fine.

Bear in mind, the temps might get hot there with any HDD above 6TB, or even 4TB,

[D.Draker]

I once had a similar device, but had to add a very thin, flat air ventilator for the cooling,

Oh, and for XP. 

1) "Optimize for Quick Removal - This setting disables write caching

on the disk and in Windows, so you can disconnect this device without

using the Safe Removal icon"

2) "Optimize for performance - This setting enables write caching in

Windows to improve disk performance. To disconnect this device from

the computer, click the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in the taskbar

notification area".

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/hot-swapping-a-sata-drive-in-windows-2000-and-xp.1097903/

[Mark-XP]

I've been utilizing Nakayama's HotSwap! for many years, it works greatly on XP. The icon residing in the taskbar is like the green one for usb devices, but red!

[Dave-H]

I've been using Hotswap! for years too, on Windows XP and Windows 10.
It works really well.
I mainly use it to eject my backup drive, which is in an eSATA connected external enclosure, after I've finished using it.