Re: external eSata enclosure drive recognition?

Addendum.
There ought to be SOME way to narrow this pecularity down to being either 1)
an external eSata HD enclosure problem, or 2) the eSata hard drive itself,
or 3) a BIOS problem, or 4) a windows "communication" problem (in
continually checking the BIOS for connect/disconnect of the external drive).

(or maybe it's a combo of two of the above).

Or at least that's my understanding.

Bill in Co. wrote:
Well, the BIOS settings are on, so that's not the problem, as I checked it
again.

What is so weird is that the external eSata drive works fine (and is
properly recognized in windows) IF I initially turn it on, before booting
up
the computer.

(Or if not, and I forgot to, I have to reboot after first turning it on).

And then if I turn it off while in windows, nothing appears to happen (it
still shows up in windows explorer, as if nothing happened). Which is
completely inaccurate, because when I turn it off, it IS gone.

Any other ideas? Maybe it has to do with some weirdness in the SATA II
spec.
This is a SATA II drive, but the Dell spec says its compatible with SATA I
and II.


Andrew E. wrote:
By default SATA controller is off in most BIOS settings from the
mfg,turn
it on & set to use with IDE hds.Also,if SATA is on in BIOS,then also by
default
any new hd installed to pc & recognized by BIOS,usually gets selected as
First boot hd priority,set BIOS properly in BIOS before xp starts to
load.

"Bill in Co." wrote:

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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