is hotswap and hotplug the same thing?
there's only few chipset and bios setting also operating system which support the hot plug, make sure to read the motherboard and hdd manuals before doing the hotplug thing. and don;t forget for doing hotplug, don't use the molex ide power connector, hotplug is supported only by using the 15pin sata power cable.
it's a risky thing as i have this experience when hotplugging my 2nd hdd, the 1st, 2nd, & couple afterward were easy and successfull, the system still running, they were all like plugin-off a usb. but the latest try failed when some sparkling light comes out near the molex power cable converter to sata power cable. the idiot thing i did was i insist to do the hotplug again and there were sparkles again.
i was lucky not to fry my hdds (checked with scandisk, no badsectors at all & smart indicated both fitness and performance still above 90%). :lol: