Hot Swapping - Toshiba Tecra 500CS User Manual

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Little Cards that Do Big Things

Hot Swapping

PC Cards and Suspending the Computer
Windows 95's Card and Socket Services software is designed to
support Toshiba's Resume Mode and Windows 95's Suspend
command. If you use another manufacturer's Card and Socket
Services software instead, the system may not recognize your PC
Card when you turn the computer on in Resume Mode.
If this happens, shut down the computer and restart it. The system
will recognize the card.
Hot Swapping
One of the really great things about PC Cards is that you can
replace one PC Card with another even while the computer is on.
This is called "hot swapping." For example, if you want to switch
between a hard disk and a modem PC Card, you can do it while
you're working without turning the computer off and back on
again.
Hot Swapping Cautions
While you can insert a PC Card at any time, applying a bit of com-
mon sense about when you remove a card will make your comput-
ing life much happier. Just remember not to remove a card while
it's in use. You probably won't break anything, but you could lose
valuable information. Some examples:
Do not remove a hard disk card while the system is accessing
the card.
Do not remove a SCSI card while any of the SCSI devices are
operating.
Do not remove a network card while you are connected to the
network.
Use Windows 95 to stop the PC Card before removing it,
according to the instructions in "Removing a PC Card" on
page 200.
Part I: Getting To Know Your Computer