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    Safely Removing Hard Drives Without Removing Expresscard

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Iron Eagle, Mar 27, 2010.

  1. Iron Eagle

    Iron Eagle Notebook Evangelist

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    I have bought an expresscard with 2 eSATA ports for my laptop and connected 2 separate external hard drives to it. When I try to eject a hard drive, however, I discovered that I have to eject the entire expresscard device and that there is no way to eject each individual hard drive. Does anyone out there know of a way to eject individual drives?
     
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    User Retired 2 Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    Try hotswap! to eject individual drives.
     
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  3. Iron Eagle

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    Thanks so much! This is exactly what I was looking for. +rep.
     
    Iron Eagle, Mar 28, 2010
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    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Very nice. Thanks for the link! That's one very well documented, easy to read and understand site.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 28, 2010
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