Vista - External eSATA Hard Drive Issue

**Luvflt** · 12-24-2008

I have a Seagate 1TB SATAII hard drive that I put in an external enclosure. The enclosure allows for USB and eSATA connections. When I use the USB connector it works fine. When I connect it to the eSATA port of my card reader using an eSATA cable Windows Vista does not recognize the drive as being there. I already have 3 other Seagate internal drives running fine. Am I missing a driver or is there some special set up I need to do for the system to recognize an external eSATA drive? Looking for any help I can get. Thanks.

12-24-2008

Does the external enclosure have a separate power supply???

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"Luvflt" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have a Seagate 1TB SATAII hard drive that I put in an external
> enclosure. The enclosure allows for USB and eSATA connections. When I
> use the USB connector it works fine. When I connect it to the eSATA port
> of my card reader using an eSATA cable Windows Vista does not recognize
> the drive as being there. I already have 3 other Seagate internal drives
> running fine. Am I missing a driver or is there some special set up I
> need to do for the system to recognize an external eSATA drive? Looking
> for any help I can get. Thanks.
>
>
> --
> Luvflt

**Luvflt** · 12-24-2008

Sorry, wasn't aware there were external enclosures that didn't have an external power supply. Yes, mine does have an external power supply. Thanks

12-25-2008

You have to enable the external SATA port in the BIOS of many if not most
motherboards. It is rarely turned on by default.

12-25-2008

I haven't seen that option in my Asus motherboard, no mention of eSata.
By the way my eSata works on my Asus motherboard.

"D Lirious" <fac_187@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You have to enable the external SATA port in the BIOS of many if not most
> motherboards. It is rarely turned on by default.

**Luvflt** · 12-25-2008

D Lirious,

Thanks for the info. I chcked my BIOS and all I could find was Sata ACHI MOde (Enable/Disable) and SATA Port 0-3 Native Mode (Enable Native IDE Mode or Disable Legacy IDE Mode) I am not familiary with either of these. Could one of them possibly be the ticket? Thanks

12-24-2008	#1 (permalink)
Luvflt Vista Home Premium 32 bit 14 posts	External eSATA Hard Drive Issue I have a Seagate 1TB SATAII hard drive that I put in an external enclosure. The enclosure allows for USB and eSATA connections. When I use the USB connector it works fine. When I connect it to the eSATA port of my card reader using an eSATA cable Windows Vista does not recognize the drive as being there. I already have 3 other Seagate internal drives running fine. Am I missing a driver or is there some special set up I need to do for the system to recognize an external eSATA drive? Looking for any help I can get. Thanks.
My System Specs

12-24-2008	#2 (permalink)
peter n/a posts	Re: External eSATA Hard Drive Issue Does the external enclosure have a separate power supply??? peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "Luvflt" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:7dea007f19d99a2255300d69c8592968@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > I have a Seagate 1TB SATAII hard drive that I put in an external > enclosure. The enclosure allows for USB and eSATA connections. When I > use the USB connector it works fine. When I connect it to the eSATA port > of my card reader using an eSATA cable Windows Vista does not recognize > the drive as being there. I already have 3 other Seagate internal drives > running fine. Am I missing a driver or is there some special set up I > need to do for the system to recognize an external eSATA drive? Looking > for any help I can get. Thanks. > > > -- > Luvflt
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12-24-2008	#3 (permalink)
Luvflt Vista Home Premium 32 bit 14 posts	Re: External eSATA Hard Drive Issue Sorry, wasn't aware there were external enclosures that didn't have an external power supply. Yes, mine does have an external power supply. Thanks
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12-25-2008	#4 (permalink)
D Lirious n/a posts	Re: External eSATA Hard Drive Issue You have to enable the external SATA port in the BIOS of many if not most motherboards. It is rarely turned on by default.
My System Specs

12-25-2008	#5 (permalink)
Bender n/a posts	Re: External eSATA Hard Drive Issue I haven't seen that option in my Asus motherboard, no mention of eSata. By the way my eSata works on my Asus motherboard. "D Lirious" <fac_187@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uCZGXQlZJHA.5520@xxxxxx Quote: > You have to enable the external SATA port in the BIOS of many if not most > motherboards. It is rarely turned on by default.
My System Specs

12-25-2008	#6 (permalink)
Luvflt Vista Home Premium 32 bit 14 posts	Re: External eSATA Hard Drive Issue D Lirious, Thanks for the info. I chcked my BIOS and all I could find was Sata ACHI MOde (Enable/Disable) and SATA Port 0-3 Native Mode (Enable Native IDE Mode or Disable Legacy IDE Mode) I am not familiary with either of these. Could one of them possibly be the ticket? Thanks
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