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  1. How did you enable hot swapping? What SATA controller does your MB have?

    Normally you'd need to run the SATA controller in either AHCI or RAID mode and then it either supports hot swapping or it doesn't. If it's running in IDE mode it won't.

    The Intel controller in this PC does, but it doesn't work like plugging in a USB drive. Often after connecting a drive I need to manually refresh Windows Explorer in order to see it. Sometimes it refuses to show up (I've no idea why) and I need to reboot. The JMicron controller has two different types of drivers. The standard SATA drivers and also eSATA drivers. They both support hot swapping but if memory serves me correctly the eSATA drivers work the same way as plugging in a USB drive, in that the eSATA drivers put the connected drive under the "safely remove hardware" icon thingy. When using the standard drivers it doesn't.

    Unless it's pretty old, the chances are your controller supports hot swapping. As far as I know it's an optional SATA feature but these days I'd guess it's pretty well supported. I've not met a hard drive which doesn't support it.
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    My board is ASUS P8Z68-V PRO I enabled the hot pluggable options on those sata ports in the bios, and they're in AHCI mode. It sort of works, sometimes takes a while for the drive to appear. I guess I was under the impression that hot swap was like plugging in a USB device.
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    Originally Posted by fritzi93 View Post
    This thread got me interested in transfer speeds and since I had a couple files to back up I decided to do some timed tests. All drives are recent AFD drives less than 80% full and 0% fragmented according to DeFraggler.

    Source drive: Seagate Barracuda 3 TB (7,200 rpm)
    Files: 2 files, 21 GB total

    Destination drives:

    Seagate 4 TB (5,900 rpm)
    Seagate 3 TB (7,200)
    Seagate 2 TB (7,200)
    Seagate 2 TB (5,900) "Green"
    Samsung 2 TB (5,400)

    Transfer Mode/Destination Minutes/Seconds

    SATA -> 3 TB (7,200) 2:55

    eSATA -> 2TB (5,400) Samsung 2:50

    USB3 -> 4 TB (5,900) 3:36
    USB3 -> 2 TB (7,200) 3:20
    USB3 -> 2 TB (5,900) Green 4:43

    USB2 -> 2 TB (5,900) Green 11:56
    USB2 -> 2 TB (5,400) Samsung 11:25
    See? SATA/eSATA rulez!
    For the nth time, with the possible exception of certain Intel processors, I don't have/ever owned anything whose name starts with "i".
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    I installed e-sata plugs in the card slots & have sata trays on my desk. The brand is SMT, & if I turn off power, swap, re-power, & then refresh, there it is. Refreshing w/o a 'new' drive installed, or with power off causes the computer to freeze. Re-boot time.
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