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Ok all. So I’m a gamer and haven’t built my own system since the 90s. I’ve always had a backup USB HDD in case I run into issues and have to format. I’m looking to have a bay for a HDD that I can remove and put in a different one, kind of like unplugging a external HDD and plugging in a new one.



Currently two of my bays are for optical drives (although one isn’t showing in my list below). I don't know if what I’m looking for even exists or if it has to do with some server tech but I am looking for something that’s compatible with my system.






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Ok all. So I’m a gamer and haven’t built my own system since the 90s. I’ve always had a backup USB HDD in case I run into issues and have to format. I’m looking to have a bay for a HDD that I can remove and put in a different one, kind of like unplugging a external HDD and plugging in a new one.



Currently two of my bays are for optical drives (although one isn’t showing in my list below). I don't know if what I’m looking for even exists or if it has to do with some server tech but I am looking for something that’s compatible with my system.






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Ok all. So I’m a gamer and haven’t built my own system since the 90s. I’ve always had a backup USB HDD in case I run into issues and have to format. I’m looking to have a bay for a HDD that I can remove and put in a different one, kind of like unplugging a external HDD and plugging in a new one.



Currently two of my bays are for optical drives (although one isn’t showing in my list below). I don't know if what I’m looking for even exists or if it has to do with some server tech but I am looking for something that’s compatible with my system.






backup external-hard-drive removable







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Ok all. So I’m a gamer and haven’t built my own system since the 90s. I’ve always had a backup USB HDD in case I run into issues and have to format. I’m looking to have a bay for a HDD that I can remove and put in a different one, kind of like unplugging a external HDD and plugging in a new one.



Currently two of my bays are for optical drives (although one isn’t showing in my list below). I don't know if what I’m looking for even exists or if it has to do with some server tech but I am looking for something that’s compatible with my system.






backup external-hard-drive removable




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    If you just have an occasional need to plug in a hard drive one of the new USB Hard drive Docks work well and can just sit on your desk.

    – JPhi1618
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    If you just have an occasional need to plug in a hard drive one of the new USB Hard drive Docks work well and can just sit on your desk.

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If you just have an occasional need to plug in a hard drive one of the new USB Hard drive Docks work well and can just sit on your desk.

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Sounds like what you are after is a hot-swap bay.



They make different flavors depending on if you want to use 3.5 inch drives or 2.5 inch drives. Here is one for two 2.5 inch drives that will fit in the 5.25 inch standard optical drive bay.
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-2-5-Inch-Trayless-Backplane-HSB220SAT25B



If you want one for 3.5 inch drives, they are available too.






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  • Just make sure that the HD is protected from static, water, and physical knocks. USB enclosures usually do the job well, but if you have a safe place for the HD, the hot swap bay is fine. There are also hard drive docks, which are like hot swap bays in a standalone USB device.

    – Christopher Hostage
    9 hours ago






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    @ChristopherHostage you may be able to find enclosed trays that give all around protection. We had them for 3.5" drives at my previous job (drives were being pulled and locked in a safe nightly so they needed to be well protected); but they were bought something like a decade ago and I couldn't find an example quickly today.

    – Dan Neely
    8 hours ago











  • @DanNeely I guess you mean something with a caddy for the HDD which also has data and power connectors, so that the ones on the HDD don't wear out. No, I can't find them either.

    – Andrew Morton
    8 hours ago











  • @AndrewMorton yes. They were fully enclosed caddies that held drives similarly to USB enclosures, but had (proprietary?) connectors to plug into the bay unit instead of USB and DC power plugs on the back.

    – Dan Neely
    8 hours ago






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    @DanNeely I've found one example: Startech hot-swap-hard-drive-bay-usb-enclosure. Must now try to resist gadget purchase.

    – Andrew Morton
    7 hours ago



















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As noted by in another answer to this question, what you are (likely) looking for is called a "hot swap(pable) hard drive bay".



Hot swapping is intended to allow replacement of failed hard drivers without powering off a device. As a consequence, hot swapping a hard drives often mean being able to remove it from the front of the machine. There are inserts that allow for this via standard-sized drive bays (i.e. the hard drive sits in a tray/cage inside this bay).






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Sounds like what you are after is a hot-swap bay.



They make different flavors depending on if you want to use 3.5 inch drives or 2.5 inch drives. Here is one for two 2.5 inch drives that will fit in the 5.25 inch standard optical drive bay.
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-2-5-Inch-Trayless-Backplane-HSB220SAT25B



If you want one for 3.5 inch drives, they are available too.






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  • Just make sure that the HD is protected from static, water, and physical knocks. USB enclosures usually do the job well, but if you have a safe place for the HD, the hot swap bay is fine. There are also hard drive docks, which are like hot swap bays in a standalone USB device.

    – Christopher Hostage
    9 hours ago






  • 1





    @ChristopherHostage you may be able to find enclosed trays that give all around protection. We had them for 3.5" drives at my previous job (drives were being pulled and locked in a safe nightly so they needed to be well protected); but they were bought something like a decade ago and I couldn't find an example quickly today.

    – Dan Neely
    8 hours ago











  • @DanNeely I guess you mean something with a caddy for the HDD which also has data and power connectors, so that the ones on the HDD don't wear out. No, I can't find them either.

    – Andrew Morton
    8 hours ago











  • @AndrewMorton yes. They were fully enclosed caddies that held drives similarly to USB enclosures, but had (proprietary?) connectors to plug into the bay unit instead of USB and DC power plugs on the back.

    – Dan Neely
    8 hours ago






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    @DanNeely I've found one example: Startech hot-swap-hard-drive-bay-usb-enclosure. Must now try to resist gadget purchase.

    – Andrew Morton
    7 hours ago
















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Sounds like what you are after is a hot-swap bay.



They make different flavors depending on if you want to use 3.5 inch drives or 2.5 inch drives. Here is one for two 2.5 inch drives that will fit in the 5.25 inch standard optical drive bay.
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-2-5-Inch-Trayless-Backplane-HSB220SAT25B



If you want one for 3.5 inch drives, they are available too.






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  • Just make sure that the HD is protected from static, water, and physical knocks. USB enclosures usually do the job well, but if you have a safe place for the HD, the hot swap bay is fine. There are also hard drive docks, which are like hot swap bays in a standalone USB device.

    – Christopher Hostage
    9 hours ago






  • 1





    @ChristopherHostage you may be able to find enclosed trays that give all around protection. We had them for 3.5" drives at my previous job (drives were being pulled and locked in a safe nightly so they needed to be well protected); but they were bought something like a decade ago and I couldn't find an example quickly today.

    – Dan Neely
    8 hours ago











  • @DanNeely I guess you mean something with a caddy for the HDD which also has data and power connectors, so that the ones on the HDD don't wear out. No, I can't find them either.

    – Andrew Morton
    8 hours ago











  • @AndrewMorton yes. They were fully enclosed caddies that held drives similarly to USB enclosures, but had (proprietary?) connectors to plug into the bay unit instead of USB and DC power plugs on the back.

    – Dan Neely
    8 hours ago






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    @DanNeely I've found one example: Startech hot-swap-hard-drive-bay-usb-enclosure. Must now try to resist gadget purchase.

    – Andrew Morton
    7 hours ago














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Sounds like what you are after is a hot-swap bay.



They make different flavors depending on if you want to use 3.5 inch drives or 2.5 inch drives. Here is one for two 2.5 inch drives that will fit in the 5.25 inch standard optical drive bay.
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-2-5-Inch-Trayless-Backplane-HSB220SAT25B



If you want one for 3.5 inch drives, they are available too.






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Sounds like what you are after is a hot-swap bay.



They make different flavors depending on if you want to use 3.5 inch drives or 2.5 inch drives. Here is one for two 2.5 inch drives that will fit in the 5.25 inch standard optical drive bay.
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-2-5-Inch-Trayless-Backplane-HSB220SAT25B



If you want one for 3.5 inch drives, they are available too.







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  • Just make sure that the HD is protected from static, water, and physical knocks. USB enclosures usually do the job well, but if you have a safe place for the HD, the hot swap bay is fine. There are also hard drive docks, which are like hot swap bays in a standalone USB device.

    – Christopher Hostage
    9 hours ago






  • 1





    @ChristopherHostage you may be able to find enclosed trays that give all around protection. We had them for 3.5" drives at my previous job (drives were being pulled and locked in a safe nightly so they needed to be well protected); but they were bought something like a decade ago and I couldn't find an example quickly today.

    – Dan Neely
    8 hours ago











  • @DanNeely I guess you mean something with a caddy for the HDD which also has data and power connectors, so that the ones on the HDD don't wear out. No, I can't find them either.

    – Andrew Morton
    8 hours ago











  • @AndrewMorton yes. They were fully enclosed caddies that held drives similarly to USB enclosures, but had (proprietary?) connectors to plug into the bay unit instead of USB and DC power plugs on the back.

    – Dan Neely
    8 hours ago






  • 2





    @DanNeely I've found one example: Startech hot-swap-hard-drive-bay-usb-enclosure. Must now try to resist gadget purchase.

    – Andrew Morton
    7 hours ago



















  • Just make sure that the HD is protected from static, water, and physical knocks. USB enclosures usually do the job well, but if you have a safe place for the HD, the hot swap bay is fine. There are also hard drive docks, which are like hot swap bays in a standalone USB device.

    – Christopher Hostage
    9 hours ago






  • 1





    @ChristopherHostage you may be able to find enclosed trays that give all around protection. We had them for 3.5" drives at my previous job (drives were being pulled and locked in a safe nightly so they needed to be well protected); but they were bought something like a decade ago and I couldn't find an example quickly today.

    – Dan Neely
    8 hours ago











  • @DanNeely I guess you mean something with a caddy for the HDD which also has data and power connectors, so that the ones on the HDD don't wear out. No, I can't find them either.

    – Andrew Morton
    8 hours ago











  • @AndrewMorton yes. They were fully enclosed caddies that held drives similarly to USB enclosures, but had (proprietary?) connectors to plug into the bay unit instead of USB and DC power plugs on the back.

    – Dan Neely
    8 hours ago






  • 2





    @DanNeely I've found one example: Startech hot-swap-hard-drive-bay-usb-enclosure. Must now try to resist gadget purchase.

    – Andrew Morton
    7 hours ago

















Just make sure that the HD is protected from static, water, and physical knocks. USB enclosures usually do the job well, but if you have a safe place for the HD, the hot swap bay is fine. There are also hard drive docks, which are like hot swap bays in a standalone USB device.

– Christopher Hostage
9 hours ago





Just make sure that the HD is protected from static, water, and physical knocks. USB enclosures usually do the job well, but if you have a safe place for the HD, the hot swap bay is fine. There are also hard drive docks, which are like hot swap bays in a standalone USB device.

– Christopher Hostage
9 hours ago




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@ChristopherHostage you may be able to find enclosed trays that give all around protection. We had them for 3.5" drives at my previous job (drives were being pulled and locked in a safe nightly so they needed to be well protected); but they were bought something like a decade ago and I couldn't find an example quickly today.

– Dan Neely
8 hours ago





@ChristopherHostage you may be able to find enclosed trays that give all around protection. We had them for 3.5" drives at my previous job (drives were being pulled and locked in a safe nightly so they needed to be well protected); but they were bought something like a decade ago and I couldn't find an example quickly today.

– Dan Neely
8 hours ago













@DanNeely I guess you mean something with a caddy for the HDD which also has data and power connectors, so that the ones on the HDD don't wear out. No, I can't find them either.

– Andrew Morton
8 hours ago





@DanNeely I guess you mean something with a caddy for the HDD which also has data and power connectors, so that the ones on the HDD don't wear out. No, I can't find them either.

– Andrew Morton
8 hours ago













@AndrewMorton yes. They were fully enclosed caddies that held drives similarly to USB enclosures, but had (proprietary?) connectors to plug into the bay unit instead of USB and DC power plugs on the back.

– Dan Neely
8 hours ago





@AndrewMorton yes. They were fully enclosed caddies that held drives similarly to USB enclosures, but had (proprietary?) connectors to plug into the bay unit instead of USB and DC power plugs on the back.

– Dan Neely
8 hours ago




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@DanNeely I've found one example: Startech hot-swap-hard-drive-bay-usb-enclosure. Must now try to resist gadget purchase.

– Andrew Morton
7 hours ago





@DanNeely I've found one example: Startech hot-swap-hard-drive-bay-usb-enclosure. Must now try to resist gadget purchase.

– Andrew Morton
7 hours ago













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As noted by in another answer to this question, what you are (likely) looking for is called a "hot swap(pable) hard drive bay".



Hot swapping is intended to allow replacement of failed hard drivers without powering off a device. As a consequence, hot swapping a hard drives often mean being able to remove it from the front of the machine. There are inserts that allow for this via standard-sized drive bays (i.e. the hard drive sits in a tray/cage inside this bay).






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    Effectively a feature of SOHO NAS for a while (Sata). It helps to know which disk has failed if this is for RAID6 too.

    – mckenzm
    4 hours ago
















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As noted by in another answer to this question, what you are (likely) looking for is called a "hot swap(pable) hard drive bay".



Hot swapping is intended to allow replacement of failed hard drivers without powering off a device. As a consequence, hot swapping a hard drives often mean being able to remove it from the front of the machine. There are inserts that allow for this via standard-sized drive bays (i.e. the hard drive sits in a tray/cage inside this bay).






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  • 1





    Effectively a feature of SOHO NAS for a while (Sata). It helps to know which disk has failed if this is for RAID6 too.

    – mckenzm
    4 hours ago














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As noted by in another answer to this question, what you are (likely) looking for is called a "hot swap(pable) hard drive bay".



Hot swapping is intended to allow replacement of failed hard drivers without powering off a device. As a consequence, hot swapping a hard drives often mean being able to remove it from the front of the machine. There are inserts that allow for this via standard-sized drive bays (i.e. the hard drive sits in a tray/cage inside this bay).






share|improve this answer















As noted by in another answer to this question, what you are (likely) looking for is called a "hot swap(pable) hard drive bay".



Hot swapping is intended to allow replacement of failed hard drivers without powering off a device. As a consequence, hot swapping a hard drives often mean being able to remove it from the front of the machine. There are inserts that allow for this via standard-sized drive bays (i.e. the hard drive sits in a tray/cage inside this bay).







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    Effectively a feature of SOHO NAS for a while (Sata). It helps to know which disk has failed if this is for RAID6 too.

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    Effectively a feature of SOHO NAS for a while (Sata). It helps to know which disk has failed if this is for RAID6 too.

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Effectively a feature of SOHO NAS for a while (Sata). It helps to know which disk has failed if this is for RAID6 too.

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Effectively a feature of SOHO NAS for a while (Sata). It helps to know which disk has failed if this is for RAID6 too.

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