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Originally Posted by jim5506
I use a SATA dock for my external hard drives. When I turn one off the receiver prompts me to acknowledge that a drive has been disconnected and when I turn the second on it prompts me to acknowledge the addition of the new drive. I believe the OS needs to go through this proceedure to properly read the drives, but I could be wrong.
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I use a USB switch and the receiver response to the changeover is exactly the same. I leave all of the drives powered, the switch takes care of activating them when selected. Simple and inexpensive and no hassle with power if you have drives that don't have power switches.
