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How do I enable hot plug / hot swap with a Marvell eSATA port in an ASUS P8P67 LE mainboard?
I just built a new PC with an ASUS P8P67 LE motherboard. This board has two Marvell SATA ports, one of them is a regular SATA port and the other one is a back e-SATA port (colored in red).
My e-SATA ...
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Can win7 be installed on and booted from an eSATA drive?
I'm the proud owner of a Lenovo W520 which is equipped with an eSATA (eSATAp actually) port. However I'd like to attach an external eSATA drive to it, install Win7 on this external drive and boot from ...
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Why do my files fail checksums when transferring to esata dive but not when transfered off the external?
I have been using Teracopy to verify and the large movie files show artifacting after transfer and fail checksum, small files do not fail, only large files seem to. When I transfer files off the ...
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Which computer configuration is better? With e-Sata or with USB 3.0? [closed]
Recently, when buying my new laptop computer, the shop seller told me that was no difference between a computer with e-sata or with USB 3.0 port. However, I didn't trust him and bought the one with ...
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My motherboard's eSATA port has stopped working - any ideas?
I've got an ASRock 890FX Deluxe5 motherboard. The rear-panel eSATA port used to work, and now doesn't seem to register when I plug something in. (I have two hard drive docks which both stopped working ...
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Win7 becomes unstable after waking from sleep and trying to access esata drive
I have the following problem:
I have a HTPC at home which is only used for its Mediacenter but since recently has an esata storage enclosure to record all its data to. The esata enclosure has a ...
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Is it possible to alternate between esata and usb 2.0 interface for external hdd
I purchased a 2.5 inch laptop drive with an external case that allows for esata or usb connections. Since the external drive is used to host virtual machines i initially set the drive over the esata ...
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Connected my sata II SSD using an esata cable, is that correct?
I connected my osz vertex 2 using a cable that says eSata on it.
Is this cable correct in terms of giving me the correct amount of throughput?
Is should be able to support 3 GB/s I believe.
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eSATA RAID enclosure/port multiplier resets links almost constantly
I have an 8-bay eSATA RAID enclosure (RSV-S8) that has two links in the back for two cables, so it multiplies each cable into four ports. I've noticed that when I remove or insert a drive, the whole ...
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How to safely remove eSATA drive when it's not in the Safely Remove Hardware dialog - XP
How can I safely remove my external eSATA disk on Windows XP? I want to avoid any workarounds that involve reinstalling, rebooting, and/or reconfiguring the drive.
I found a similar question here but ...
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How do I make use of the eSATA port on my laptop with normal SATA drives?
On my laptop I have an eSATA port. And I also have a SATA → eSATA cable.
I know that simply using that cable would never work as the SATA disks require an additional power cable. The question ...
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Is it possible to connect from USB-B to eSATA?
I have a SATA drive docking station which came with a USB-B to USB-A cable. If I purchased a USB-B to eSATA cable would it still transfer at the USB 2.0 rate?
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Does it matter if an OS is listed in GRUB but not available?
I want to create a second OS install on an eSATA disk (Ubuntu to be precise) and create a dualboot with my already existing Windows 7 install. I want use Ubuntu's GRUB bootloader and it should be ...
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USB-device plugged into an eSATA [closed]
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I accidentally plugged my USB mouse into my eSata port… it works?
My father bought a nice USB-gadget for me and wanted to demonstrate it to me. So he plugged it ...
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2.2 TB limit applies even to eSATA drives? 3TB appears as 746 GB
I have an Icy Dock 3.5" external enclosure with USB 2.0 and eSATA. I have an Intel DG45ID motherboard with USB 2.0 and eSATA ports. In the past I had a 2 TB Seagate drive in the enclosure, and it ...
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Linux distinguish between SATA and eSATA
In Linux is there a way to distinguish between two connected hard drives and tell which one is eSATA through shell or anyother way?
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Is it possible to break a sata drive by plugging it into an esata port
The motherboard has two esata ports. After plugging in five sata drives in various sequences, three would no longer spin up.
I am wondering if the electrical differences would be enough to short them ...
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Connecting Internal SATA HDD to eSATA
I have these 3 things:
(1) An internal 3.5 SATA HDD.
(2) An independent power supply that provides a Molex style connector (i.e. 5V and 12V power) and an adapter to convert it into SATA (except that ...
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Software raid-1 on external drives: Switch from USB to eSATA possible?
I guess how the drives are connected has nothing to do with raid or no-raid but to be sure I'd like to ask this short question.
I just created raid-1 on my 2x2 external USB-connected drives and now ...
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Win a Asrock Vision 3D 137D support port multiplier?
I'm thinking of buying a new media center, as the one I have now is big and bulky. Currently I have all my HDDs (5 x 1.5Tb) in an external hard drive case (Rosewill RSV-S5), connected to my media ...
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Troubleshooting an AHCI eSATA problem in Windows 7
I used to use the front panel eSATA port on my PC case. I remember having to change a setting in the registry to prevent my Boot drive from showing up in the safely remove hardware list (not sure how ...
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uTorrent slow upload speed with eSata
I noticed that my torrents won't seed at all if I connect my external HDD with a eSATA connection. I switched it back to USB and it's working perfectly fine now. With eSATA it does upload but at a ...
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Does eSATA require power source?
I got eSATA slot in my laptop (HP DV-7) + WD 1TB (The exact model: Caviar Green WD10EADS)
What I want to know, it's if I need something else except from the eSATA cable. Does the eSATA cable provide ...
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Can you connect QNAP TS-559 Pro+ to computer with e-sata?
I have the instructions in front of me and can't work this out.
A QNAP TS-559 Pro+ (NAS Enclosure) has 2 e-sata ports on it, along with 4 USB and 2 Ethernet ports. Does anyone know if it's possible ...
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external HDD with SATA & USB interface?
Anyone know of an external HDD that would have (in addition to USB) a SATA (eSATA) port/cable? i.e. Brand/Model. Preferably one of the name brands so I have a better change of finding it here or ...
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Has anyone found a combination of eSATA card and port multiplier that support drive spin down?
Has anyone found a combination of eSATA card and port multiplier that support drive spin down?
I've been looking for external enclosure (DAS). I've contacted SansDigital about their enclosure, and ...
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What do I need to connect a hard disk to my laptop via non powered eSata?
I'm looking at getting a hard disk for my laptop (OCZ Vertex 2 SSD) which I would like to connect via eSata. My laptop has an eSata port, but it's not powered (Thinkpad T410).
I presume this means I ...
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Need to recover data from laptop before sending it in for repair
Here's the issue: Water was spilled on my laptop and after trying everything we could to dry it out, it still won't turn on. Called Toshiba support and they are going to look at it, however, we were ...
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Transmission of arbitrary data through an HDMI port
There seems to be something of a trend these days to fail to equip cheap consumer laptops with decent expansion capabilities: no ExpressCard slot, USB 2 (not 3), no eSATA port. However, HDMI ports ...
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Make SATA removable in Windows 7?
I have a Gigabyte P67A. I have attached one of those Thermaltake SATA docks with the eSATA connector on the dock. I have connected the dock to a regular SATA port on the board with a SATA-eSATA cable.
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Harddrive USB 3.0 to eSATA
Is it possible to connect an external hard drive with USB 3.0 to eSATA port on a computer? If so what kind of connector do you use and how would the performance fare compared to just using USB 2.0 on ...
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esata connections not showing in Windows xp
Windows XP
Coolmaxusa External Enclosure HD 380 series
1 TB drive
Dynex Esata Card
All drivers have been installed.
Per the coolmaxusa manual, I am supposed to connect both the USB and eSata cable. ...
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Looking for external portable hard disk drive with both Superspeed USB3.0 AND eSATA?
All I can find is:
eSATA and USB2.0 not USB3.0
eSATA only
USB3.0 only
Enclosure/caddy with USB3.0 and eSATA for housing bare hard drive: ...
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external drive enclosure -> software RAID 5?
I have two older PCs on my LAN posing as 'servers'; one running FreeNAS off a USB stick using three 500GB HDDs in a ZFS RAID-Z pool serving as storage for the LAN and one running Debian Lenny with an ...
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External SATA drive does not work without the optional USB cable *also* connected
I have Vantec NST-260SU external eSATA/USB drive enclosure (which came with an optional separate power supply - 5v/2A, while the drive needs a max of 1A) connected to a relatively new Windows 7 ...
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fstab line for auto mount drive that all users can read/write
I have installed a cable that connects from the CPU's SATA motherboard connection to a removable drives' ESATA connection.
I would like to be able to swap drives on the ESATA connection and have all ...
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Is it possible to boot from an external eSata drive on a MacBook Pro?
Using an ExpressCard/34 eSata card in a MacBook Pro, is it possible to boot from an external eSata drive, which has an installation of Mac OS X 10.6 on it?
The card in question is this one, which has ...
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Do servers provide eSATA?
I want to purchase a computer, which will work as a low-load Linux server, install it into a rack, and what it very important: connect external HDDs through eSATA. The problem is that
I can't find a ...
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Poor rsync performance over ESATA
I'm trying to back up some of my stuff to an ESATA based drive.
I'm seeing really slow transfer speeds however:
rsync -avzP ...
someFile
1062838 100% 1.96MB/s 0:00:00 (xfer#1371, ...
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Internal drives vs USB-3 with external SSD or eSata with External SSD
I have a need to carry VMWare Virtual Machines with me for work. These are very large files (each VM is 20GB or more) and I carry around about 40 to 50 VM's to simulate different software ...
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What are the extra contacts in the USB port on my Dell M101z
My Dell Inspiron M101z has 3 USB ports.
There are two on the right side, one of which is "PowerShare" meaning it can charge devices while the computer is off. I'm not asking about these.
On the ...
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Use an eSATA to a SATA drive HDD caddy
I have run out of SATA ports on my motherboard. But I have a free eSATA port that I can convert using an eSATA/SATA converter cable & direct the cable back into the case. Does anyone have any ...
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Getting Ubuntu to recogize my eSATA drive
Solved, see my comment on the accepted answer below, the problem had nothing to do with drivers.
I've bought an eSATA enclosure and put a drive in it, and I'm just having no luck getting my ...
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What is the best hardware setup for an external hard drive that I need to run Virtual Machines off of?
I have been researching getting a new external hard drive to speed up my virtual machine performance.
Right now I have a WD password that runs off of USB 2.0, but I'm finding that it's a real ...
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e-SATA drive as my main/boot drive
I made a bad decision a year ago and bought a "green" terabyte drive that was an anemic 5400 RPM. After getting tired of waiting ages for things to load, I decided to image the drive to a terabyte ...
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Looking for a external drive that can be connected both with Gigabit ethernet and with eSATA
I need to transfer the contents of a folder that currently exists on a SAN. There are about 650,000 files that take up 800 Gigabytes.
For the retrieval, I want to attach it to the server using ...
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Remote desktop disables eSATA drive (MyBook)
I'm running Windows 7 and I have a 1TB Western Digital MyBook drive attached via eSATA. Whenever I connect via remote desktop, the drive seems to disappear. If I login to the system locally and reboot ...
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I accidentally plugged my USB mouse into my eSata port… it works?
I'm on a Thinkpad T510 and I accidentally plugged my Razor USB mouse into the eSata port not realizing my error because it has been working fine this whole time. Does this seem a little odd?
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eSATA drive acts like internal drive
We have a Veris ~2TB eSATA drive we're using to port data from one machine to another, and as backup. System 1 is a Windows 7 machine, and it seems to treat the eSATA as an external drive, working ...
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How do I get my eSATA drive working in Windows 7 x64?
When I connect my eSATA drive I can see it in the BIOS.
But my Windows 7 x64 seems to not detect the eSATA drive, it's not even listed in the Device Manager..
When I just connect the drive using USB ...
