hard drive switching
i was wondering if u could simply use a toggle switch. cut the yellow wire and wire the toggle switch in. the reason i am asking is that i am fixing to get another hard drive and want to learn linux, but all the hard drive switches i have seen no matter which drive u select both are still running. i think that there is no need for the extra ware and heat that this will cause.
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If you have a decent motherboard. It should have a power down feature where if there is no activity to the drive, it will shut down by itself after a pre-determined time.
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thanks for the reply but my mother board is rather old and will not do that. but is it possible and if so is the yellow wire the one i want to use?
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just go into your bios and select which drive you wish to boot off. And keep both connected at all times
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Yeah, keep it hooked up, the drive shouldn't really create any extra heat if it's not being used, at least not that I know of.
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