[SOLVED] Is it possible to disconnect an NVMe drive without physically removing it?

[iTRiP]

I'm going to have a look in the bios if it can be done?

 

[Hellfire13]

If you don't find it in BIOS, see if right clicking on the drive in Disk Management gives you that option in Properties.
There used be an option for spinning drives for saving energy, not sure if it's still there.

 

[iTRiP]

If you don't find it in BIOS, see if right clicking on the drive in Disk Management gives you that option in Properties.
There used be an option for spinning drives for saving energy, not sure if it's still there.

Well, it would be quite use full if one could just disable an NVMe in the bios, and then make some changes to another drive such as making another windows boot drive with some spare drives, but since I don't see such an disable option in my bios and taking into consideration that most windows installs somehow bind them self's to the rest of the pc's hardware such as the motherboard, won't really be all that use full to make such a boot drive that could then be used with another pc requiring an upgrade of its drive.

For this to work, disregarding OOBE or whatever thats called again, might come into effect, but the procedure would have to be controlled from outside of windows, or I don't see a method other than that to make a pure boot drive out of an spare drive.

 

[Hellfire13]

Well, it would be quite use full if one could just disable an NVMe in the bios, and then make some changes to another drive such as making another windows boot drive with some spare drives, but since I don't see such an disable option in my bios and taking into consideration that most windows installs somehow bind them self's to the rest of the pc's hardware such as the motherboard, won't really be all that use full to make such a boot drive that could then be used with another pc requiring an upgrade of its drive.

For this to work, disregarding OOBE or whatever thats called again, might come into effect, but the procedure would have to be controlled from outside of windows, or I don't see a method other than that to make a pure boot drive out of an spare drive.

There is something like this, but not sure how good it is...
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-run-windows-10-from-a-usb-drive

However, if Windows is not a priority for you, you can run live OS of many Linux versions from USB.

 

[iTRiP]

There is something like this, but not sure how good it is...
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-run-windows-10-from-a-usb-drive

However, if Windows is not a priority for you, you can run live OS of many Linux versions from USB.

Yes, one will still need to be able to disconnect any drive of any pc at any time, besides pulling the hardware.

I'd rather keep functioning drives with current data intact.

 

[Hellfire13]

Yes, one will still need to be able to disconnect any drive of any pc at any time, besides pulling the hardware.

I'd rather keep functioning drives with current data intact.

That's true. You can store data though depending on the capacity of the drive.