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| | Esata on Vista x64 I use an external esata enclosure. When I plug it into my laptop, Vista Ultimate x64 recognises the hotplugging and sees the drive right away, and handles it fine when I switch off. I have a Vista Ultimate x64 desktop using a motherboard without a built esata port. The enclosure came with an esata adapter plate that internally connects to a sata port on the motherboard. This works, but only if I boot the PC up with the external drive switched on first. If I switch it on later, Vista doesn't see it. I understood that sata eand esata were both hot pluggable, so I'm not sure why this is not working. Does the motherboard need a esata port to work with a esata based external hdd enclosure (to allow hotplug capability). I can purchase a PCI express card that provides an esata port, but I don't know if thats going to make a difference. Thanks for any advice. Mike |
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| | Re: Esata on Vista x64 Your desktop needs AHCI enabled in the BIOS if you want to hotplug eSATA devices. This can be unstable for some systems. Without AHCI, if you go to Device Manager after plugging in your external drive you can scan for new devices and the disk will be recognised. You will either need to eject it after use, or switch it off after shutting down your machine, otherwise the correct signature will not be written to the disk and you might have problems the next time you connect it. "Michael Taylor" <mike@xxxxxx-mtcs.ltd.uk> wrote in message news:48B5777F-8A24-43EA-A6B1-65517EC3D41B@xxxxxx Quote: >I use an external esata enclosure. When I plug it into my laptop, Vista >Ultimate x64 recognises the hotplugging and sees the drive right away, and >handles it fine when I switch off. > > I have a Vista Ultimate x64 desktop using a motherboard without a built > esata port. The enclosure came with an esata adapter plate that internally > connects to a sata port on the motherboard. This works, but only if I boot > the PC up with the external drive switched on first. If I switch it on > later, Vista doesn't see it. I understood that sata eand esata were both > hot pluggable, so I'm not sure why this is not working. > > Does the motherboard need a esata port to work with a esata based external > hdd enclosure (to allow hotplug capability). I can purchase a PCI express > card that provides an esata port, but I don't know if thats going to make > a difference. > > Thanks for any advice. > Mike |
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| | Re: Esata on Vista x64 Thank you Dominic, i've learned something new today. I've looked at the BIOS but there isn't an AHCI option, unless it's hidden. I've asked for help in an Asus forum for my motherboard (P5N32-E SLI). Also, I'm wondering if I enable raid and configure it as JBOD whether that would allow me to hotplug, but whether that would result in me losing the data currently on the drives. I don't want to re-install the OS if I can help it. Thanks Mike "Dominic Payer" <dcp@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eirc99hgJHA.5572@xxxxxx Quote: > Your desktop needs AHCI enabled in the BIOS if you want to hotplug eSATA > devices. This can be unstable for some systems. > > Without AHCI, if you go to Device Manager after plugging in your external > drive you can scan for new devices and the disk will be recognised. You > will either need to eject it after use, or switch it off after shutting > down your machine, otherwise the correct signature will not be written to > the disk and you might have problems the next time you connect it. > > > "Michael Taylor" <mike@xxxxxx-mtcs.ltd.uk> wrote in message > news:48B5777F-8A24-43EA-A6B1-65517EC3D41B@xxxxxx Quote: >>I use an external esata enclosure. When I plug it into my laptop, Vista >>Ultimate x64 recognises the hotplugging and sees the drive right away, and >>handles it fine when I switch off. >> >> I have a Vista Ultimate x64 desktop using a motherboard without a built >> esata port. The enclosure came with an esata adapter plate that >> internally connects to a sata port on the motherboard. This works, but >> only if I boot the PC up with the external drive switched on first. If I >> switch it on later, Vista doesn't see it. I understood that sata eand >> esata were both hot pluggable, so I'm not sure why this is not working. >> >> Does the motherboard need a esata port to work with a esata based >> external hdd enclosure (to allow hotplug capability). I can purchase a >> PCI express card that provides an esata port, but I don't know if thats >> going to make a difference. >> >> Thanks for any advice. >> Mike |
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| | Re: Esata on Vista x64 I am not familiar with your board, but think you just need to enable RAID for the port(s) you want to hotplug. It would be wise to install the RAID drivers for your chipset before you enable RAID. If you enable RAID for your system drive port by mistake your system will still boot as the necessary driver will be present. "Michael Taylor" <mike@xxxxxx-mtcs.ltd.uk> wrote in message news 3180D66-B88A-4BFA-9ECC-6616F27A1F81@xxxxxxQuote: > Thank you Dominic, i've learned something new today. I've looked at the > BIOS but there isn't an AHCI option, unless it's hidden. I've asked for > help in an Asus forum for my motherboard (P5N32-E SLI). Also, I'm > wondering if I enable raid and configure it as JBOD whether that would > allow me to hotplug, but whether that would result in me losing the data > currently on the drives. I don't want to re-install the OS if I can help > it. > Thanks > Mike > > > "Dominic Payer" <dcp@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:eirc99hgJHA.5572@xxxxxx Quote: >> Your desktop needs AHCI enabled in the BIOS if you want to hotplug eSATA >> devices. This can be unstable for some systems. >> >> Without AHCI, if you go to Device Manager after plugging in your external >> drive you can scan for new devices and the disk will be recognised. You >> will either need to eject it after use, or switch it off after shutting >> down your machine, otherwise the correct signature will not be written to >> the disk and you might have problems the next time you connect it. >> >> >> "Michael Taylor" <mike@xxxxxx-mtcs.ltd.uk> wrote in message >> news:48B5777F-8A24-43EA-A6B1-65517EC3D41B@xxxxxx Quote: >>>I use an external esata enclosure. When I plug it into my laptop, Vista >>>Ultimate x64 recognises the hotplugging and sees the drive right away, >>>and handles it fine when I switch off. >>> >>> I have a Vista Ultimate x64 desktop using a motherboard without a built >>> esata port. The enclosure came with an esata adapter plate that >>> internally connects to a sata port on the motherboard. This works, but >>> only if I boot the PC up with the external drive switched on first. If I >>> switch it on later, Vista doesn't see it. I understood that sata eand >>> esata were both hot pluggable, so I'm not sure why this is not working. >>> >>> Does the motherboard need a esata port to work with a esata based >>> external hdd enclosure (to allow hotplug capability). I can purchase a >>> PCI express card that provides an esata port, but I don't know if thats >>> going to make a difference. >>> >>> Thanks for any advice. >>> Mike |
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| | Re: Esata on Vista x64 Michael Taylor wrote: Quote: > Thank you Dominic, i've learned something new today. I've looked at the > BIOS but there isn't an AHCI option, unless it's hidden. I've asked for > help in an Asus forum for my motherboard (P5N32-E SLI). Also, I'm > wondering if I enable raid and configure it as JBOD whether that would > allow me to hotplug, but whether that would result in me losing the data > currently on the drives. I don't want to re-install the OS if I can help > it. > Thanks > Mike > > > "Dominic Payer" <dcp@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:eirc99hgJHA.5572@xxxxxx Quote: >> Your desktop needs AHCI enabled in the BIOS if you want to hotplug >> eSATA devices. This can be unstable for some systems. >> >> Without AHCI, if you go to Device Manager after plugging in your >> external drive you can scan for new devices and the disk will be >> recognised. You will either need to eject it after use, or switch it >> off after shutting down your machine, otherwise the correct signature >> will not be written to the disk and you might have problems the next >> time you connect it. >> >> >> "Michael Taylor" <mike@xxxxxx-mtcs.ltd.uk> wrote in message >> news:48B5777F-8A24-43EA-A6B1-65517EC3D41B@xxxxxx Quote: >>> I use an external esata enclosure. When I plug it into my laptop, >>> Vista Ultimate x64 recognises the hotplugging and sees the drive >>> right away, and handles it fine when I switch off. >>> >>> I have a Vista Ultimate x64 desktop using a motherboard without a >>> built esata port. The enclosure came with an esata adapter plate that >>> internally connects to a sata port on the motherboard. This works, >>> but only if I boot the PC up with the external drive switched on >>> first. If I switch it on later, Vista doesn't see it. I understood >>> that sata eand esata were both hot pluggable, so I'm not sure why >>> this is not working. >>> >>> Does the motherboard need a esata port to work with a esata based >>> external hdd enclosure (to allow hotplug capability). I can purchase >>> a PCI express card that provides an esata port, but I don't know if >>> thats going to make a difference. >>> >>> Thanks for any advice. >>> Mike to see how it is set up. In my case, I do have external sata ports but they are on a separate controller from the internal ones. The internal ones have the AHCI option but the external ones do not. For my Intel board, the choices are IDE, AHCI, or RAID for the internal but just IDE and RAID for the external. Intel says the RAID option for the internal controller enables both the AHCI and the RAID. As mentioned, the RAID drivers may work, but it seems they don't in my system on the external controller with no AHCI option. Clark |
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