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Connecting a hard drive to a powered-on PC

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miniradi Posted messages 361 Status Membre -  
miniradi Posted messages 361 Status Membre -
Hello,
I need to do some operations on my hard drives
I just wanted to know if it is possible to connect them via SATA while the PC is on, or if shutting it down is mandatory?

Thank you in advance!

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Papounet17000 Posted messages 26460 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   9 894
 
Hi,
If you want to have issues with the read/write heads of hard drives, avoid plugging them in hot.
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miniradi Posted messages 361 Status Membre 243
 
Okay, thanks, I'll turn off the computer then!
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Papounet17000 Posted messages 26460 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   9 894 > miniradi Posted messages 361 Status Membre
 
It is not enough to turn off the PC; you need to unplug the power cable before doing anything inside.
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bacci
 
In this case, the ideal is to use a docking station; hot plugging and unplugging is indeed risky.
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