Re: connecting an eSATA hard drive
- From: "Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:49:35 -0400
"BeasleyM" <BeasleyM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My notebook has an eSATA port but there's no documentation on how to use
it.
Connecting a drive to this port elicits no action from the notebook; plug
and
play does nothing.
However, the drive can be added using the Disk Management utility on the
control panel. The down side is I can find no way of removing the drive
short of rebooting and removing the drive prior to XP starting up. I've
tried turning of caching but XP still hangs whenever any software tries to
find the drive that was there. So this is an unworkable solution for a
notebook in my mind.
I can find noting on the Microsoft website mentioning eSATA. Ditto for
the
notebook manaufacturer.
So am I missing somethings or is this just another great idea that has not
yet been really been fully implemented by Microsoft/OEMs?
BeasleyM:
1. Specifically, how are you connecting your SATA external HDD to the eSATA
port on your notebook? Are you using an external eSATA enclosure or just a
bare drive?
2. We'll assume if you're using an eSATA external enclosure it's
non-defective. And we'll similarly assume the enclosed SATA HDD is likewise
non-defective.
3. When you say "the drive can be added using the Disk Management utility on
the control panel.", you're really referring to the XP Disk Management
utility, aren't you, not the "Disk drives" section in the Control Panel,
right? I assume the drive is listed in the latter, right?
4. So when you say "the drive can be added..." I take it you're indicating
that you were able to assign a drive letter to the device because one was
not originally shown? Or what are you indicating when you say "the drive can
be added..."?
5. If this is truly a situation where you have a SATA-to-SATA data
connection through the eSATA port on your notebook, the system will treat
that drive as a "normal" *internal* HDD, just like any other internally
connected fixed HDD in your system. Exactly the same.
So it's really not clear (at least to me) exactly what your problem is with
this drive. Presumably it's "hot-pluggable" & "hot swappable", roughly
similar to a USB external HDD. There is no need to "turn off write caching".
The "Enable write caching on the disk" item in Control Panel is ordinarily
checked for this device. Just treat the eSATA external HDD as if it is a
fixed, internal HDD with the added advantages of being "hot-pluggable" &
"hot swappable" as previously noted. This provides substantial advantages
over a USB external HDD in that its performance is substantially superior
and it is a *bootable* device.
BTW, I would be interested in learning the make/model of your notebook.
Anna
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