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Hello you fellow planners :) I have an extra hdd and it is not in a very good shape anymore, but i would like to use it as a secondary backup disk. It has about 60 reallocated sectors so it is not fun to start it up every time i turn on my pc.

Would it be possible to make a hardware power switch to the sata power cable so I could turn the drive off always when i dont need it. I know it would be easier to make it an external drive but internal are more handy to me :). The problem is that Sata power has so many cables, so i am not sure if a switch would be possible...

And not sure if this was the right thread, sorry.

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If you can set the drive to hotswap, sure. 

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If you can set the drive to hotswap, sure.

I can set it to hotswap but i just dont know which of the power cables should have the switch :)

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I can set it to hotswap but i just dont know which of the power cables should have the switch :)

...Figure it out? Just look at which cable connects to your hdd.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA Has some info on the Sata power connector pins.

 

You may however be better off looking at getting a new drive though as a drive that cant be on all the time is a drive I don't trust especially for backups. If you think about it you will only be putting backups on there every now and then not really enough time to detect a serious issue but let me tell you you will find the issue when you try to get that really important file off of there.

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...Figure it out? Just look at which cable connects to your hdd.

Well, i am very well aware which cable goes to the hdd but sata power has four cables in it, so which cable of THOSE four is the one to cut and make a switch so that the drive stops and has NO power at all. But... maybe i just leave this.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA Has some info on the Sata power connector pins.

 

You may however be better off looking at getting a new drive though as a drive that cant be on all the time is a drive I don't trust especially for backups. If you think about it you will only be putting backups on there every now and then not really enough time to detect a serious issue but let me tell you you will find the issue when you try to get that really important file off of there.

Yeah maybe :D The drive had been in active use for 4 years now and had no issues in normal work but only if i check S.M.A.R.T i notice the problems. And yes i would do a backup there about 6 times a year or so. Maybe this isnt worth it tho... Maybe i just put it in an external case as i have one laying.

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