Hot swapable AHCI Stange but intresting question

Phil2008 · 7 Dec 2008 at 21:23

So you can just wip out a drive thats in AHCI mode right, so why cant you do the same in ide mode cos both modes are the same, as in they have power running through them all the time and they cant tell when the drives are going to be removed, so surely when you remove a drive thats in ide or ahci mode they will both be in the same state when removed?? Or is it the connecting the drive up thats diff? I would have thought you would have a removable icon thingy in the taskbar tray so u can disable the drive before removing, but I havent a removable icon and im using AHCI.

helmutcheese · 8 Dec 2008 at 02:07

helmutcheese said:
You do not remove (well supposed not to) a HDD that's Policy is Set to Performance in Device Manager.

The greyed out text in the Device Manager explains what each setting does and what are its uses and its benefits.

Phil2008 · 8 Dec 2008 at 12:09

So how do I enable the quick removel??

Phil2008 · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:11

I want to know how can I get the removal thing in the teskbar tray for my hdds if its still unsafe just removing the drive with AHCI enabled.. Any ideas guys???

rpstewart · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:33

If the normal safe removal icon isn't there then you can use Hotswap! to do the same thing.

Phil2008 · 8 Dec 2008 at 17:53

That works a treat, thanks

Phil2008 · 9 Dec 2008 at 01:33

Got another prob with AHCI mode guys,, Im using true image 11 but the recovery cd dont work now, Ive tried burning another one but still no joy,, heres what it says guys...... Is there anyway around it besides changing it back to ide mode, cos I cant get into the bios with AHCI mode unless I use a ps2 keyboard

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bledd · 9 Dec 2008 at 12:44

login to the acronis site and download the newest version of acronis, then make a new bootable cd

Phil2008 · 9 Dec 2008 at 14:34

bledd. said:
login to the acronis site and download the newest version of acronis, then make a new bootable cd

That worked thanks, think Im sorted now, I never knew going from ide mode to AHCI mode was going to be such a work up :eek:

bledd · 10 Dec 2008 at 10:37

they made a real balls up of their testing it seems

i kept reporting all errors and they sent me 3 test iso's to test against ide/raid and ahci modes for my board before releasing the update

Phil2008 · 12 Dec 2008 at 19:50

I give up whith AHCI and hot swapping, cos now when I disconnect the drive, vista wont let it disconnect, it says its in use, but its not at all.??

helmutcheese · 12 Dec 2008 at 19:56

Apart from an External HDD, when does a normal user here need to swap a HDD while PC is running ?

I don't want to hear the total BS that someone's PC must run 24/7 outside of legit business/server use because I have heard it all before).

Phil2008 · 12 Dec 2008 at 20:04

I have 1 of these, and it would be the icing on the cake if it was hotswapable too
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...ATA + USB 2.0 Combo & Docking Station - Black

Phil2008 · 12 Dec 2008 at 22:13

Ive just read the reviews on that icybox, and you guys says it rattle in the docking station. I have a 1tb greenpower in my icybox and neither the icybox or docking station rattles. In fact I cant even hear the hdd when im copying and moving data around. So I dont know why all yours rattles??

Im going to change the sata mode back to ide mode now guys cos the only reason why I changed it, so I can hotswap my 1tb drive, but that plan failed. Plus in ide mode its a few secs faster at booting up vista too.. I AHCI can do hotswappong , can it hell, cos vista locks the drives so it cant be done... all I say is What a pile of crock,, lol

Thanks Bledd and everyone for helpping me on this matter, top guys.