Re: About to format the whole laptop, need some partitioning advice.

[Jerry Stuckle <jstuckle@attglobal.net>]

On 2/9/2014 2:57 AM, Schlacta, Christ wrote:
> On Feb 8, 2014 10:27 PM, "David Christensen" <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com
> <mailto:dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>> wrote:
>  >
>  > On 02/08/2014 09:54 PM, Anubhav Yadav wrote:
>  >>
>  >> You mean to say, I should remove my hdd, boot my laptop using a usb,
>  >> and then connect the hdd live into the laptop?
>  >> Can it further damage the hdd?
>  >
>  >
>  > YES!
>  >
>  > And, damage the motherboard.
>
> No.

Incorrect.

> Sata supports hotplugging. The worst that will happen is some
> controllers will not recognize devices after hotplugging due to lack of
> firmware configured detect devices after an initial post bus scan.

Only if the device and controller fully support hotplugging (surprise - 
some DO NOT!) AND the drive is working properly.  Clearly the drive is 
NOT working properly.

>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >> I should give this a try!
>  >
>  >
>  > NO!
>
> It depends. If your hard drive is externally accessible it can't hurt
> anything. If your hard drive is under panels that also protect ram or
> any other pcbs, you generally shouldn't run system with those covers
> missing.

Again, incorrect.  If the drive is damaged electronically, ANYTHING it 
is plugged into can be damaged.  And if either the drive or the 
controller do not support SATA hotplugging, either (or both) can be 
damaged by hotplugging the device.

>  >
>  >
>  > If you want to hot-plug hard drives, everything has to be designed to
> do that.  Typically, that means servers with RAID cards, HDD backplane/
> cages, and rated HDD's.
>
> Completely wrong. Wikipedia has it in fairly simple words:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#Hotplug

Again see above.

> Also the first twenty or so articles on Google all confirm at a glance
> that hotswap is supported by sata intrinsically, and any problems are
> the result of software or firmware bugs failing to trigger hotswap
> events properly.
>
> Please to not spread bad or wrong information.

Yes, please do not do so.

Do you believe EVERYTHING you read on the internet?

Jerry