"PeterG" <PeterG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a problem I hope may be solvable with some help from others. My PC
>has
> an e sata port on the rear and my external hard drive works fine on USB
> but
> as soon as I connect to the e sata port the PC simply does not recognise
> its
> existence at all. I have tried updating drivers, setting bios for e sata
> etc
> all to no avail. Has anyone got a solution? I am running Vista Home
> Ultimate
> 32bit with an MSI mainboard.
Does it have an external power supply ? USB can power some external drives
but am pretty sure esata needs a separate power supply.
btw: I have an esata drive and it shows as a normal hard not as an external
drive on my Vista Home Ultimate