external eSata enclosure drive recognition?
- From: "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:19:31 -0600
I just added an external eSata HD (in a Vantec enclosure) to my new Dell
system, but it is only "recognized" after rebooting with it turned on FIRST.
IOW, if the external eSata HD enclosure unit is OFF and I power up the
computer, and then I turn on the external eSata HD enclosure, it isn't
recognized (not properly recognized, but there at least is some disk
activity noted after turning it on).
The HD drive I put into the external enclosure was a new Western Digital
eSata drive, and it has no jumpers, but maybe that's normal for Sata drives
these days.
My question is: how do I tell if this weird problem is due to the hard
drive itself, or the external hard drive enclosure, or possibly even the
BIOS?
It's a real nuisance to have to first turn on the external unit BEFORE
turning on the computer to get it to be recognized. It should be able to
be recognized after the computer has booted up and THEN I turn it on. But
it isn't for some reason.
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