# USB to IDE/SATA?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/usb-to-ide-sata/268621>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 15, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/usb-to-ide-sata/268621 "2008-08-15T23:46:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrisclick](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/chrisclick/32/1991_2.png) [@chrisclick](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chrisclick)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/usb-to-ide-sata/268621/1 "2008-08-15T23:46:27Z")

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Hi People 🙂

Been a while since I last posted a thread. Wow. Anyway, here goes 😃

I’m planning on buying a USB to IDE/SATA, but I want to know if its hot-swappable because it has a USB port or is it the same, old; turn off, unplug, plug in, turn on, process?

I want one so I can make quick backups, and, because my laptop HDD is a rather small 50GB, possible install programs that are space consuming onto it.

Plus, the fact the you can plug the HDD in without digging through a jungle of cables, and having to scrape your hands agains the RAM in the motherboard because the case was cheaply made without any sense.

So, yea… Back to the question 🙂 Is it hot-swappable?

-:Chris:-