Setting External ESata Drives as Removable
I have an HP desktop, running Vista Ultimate. The motherboard has six SATA ports. Ports 0 & 1 are a raid array. Port 5 is the DVD drive. Ports 2 & 3 have ESata connections.
I am using SATA drives, in external enclosures for backup. The enclosures are hot swappable.
Is there a way to set these drives as removable? I cannot change the settings in the drive Policy Tab, either from the Management console or the Device Manager.
Answers
Hi,
It is recommended to check whether your computer supports this behavior. You can contact HP to ask for ask for recommended best-practice suggestions on hard disk configurations in BIOS ( such as ACHI setting).
For your convenience:
Contact HP - HP Customer Care
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/contacthp?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en
Also, I found a third party software for you.
HotSwap!
http://mysite.verizon.net/kaakoon/hotswap/index_enu.htm
hope it helps.
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Hi,
It is recommended to check whether your computer supports this behavior. You can contact HP to ask for ask for recommended best-practice suggestions on hard disk configurations in BIOS ( such as ACHI setting).
For your convenience:
Contact HP - HP Customer Care
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/contacthp?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en
Also, I found a third party software for you.
HotSwap!
http://mysite.verizon.net/kaakoon/hotswap/index_enu.htm
hope it helps.
Important Note: This response contains a reference to a third party World Wide Web site. Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. Microsoft does not control these sites and has not tested any software or information found on these sites; therefore, Microsoft cannot make any representations regarding the quality, safety, or suitability of any software or information found there. There are inherent dangers in the use of any software found on the Internet, and Microsoft cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any software from the Internet.
