Esata external HDD, How to make esata work?

n-ster · Sep 17, 2010

So I have 2 External Hard drives....one has esata, the other Firewire, I cannot seem to make them work! I can only use them with USB

DanishDevil · Sep 17, 2010

Here's the thing with eSATA from what I've found.

Most computer treat eSATA just like SATA, meaning you have to have the drive fully powered on before the machine is turned on. Also, you might have to go into disk management and rescan disks for Windows to find it.

Also, your post is extremely confusing.

n-ster · Sep 17, 2010

DanishDevil said:
Here's the thing with eSATA from what I've found.

Most computer treat eSATA just like SATA, meaning you have to have the drive fully powered on before the machine is turned on. Also, you might have to go into disk management and rescan disks for Windows to find it.

Also, your post is extremely confusing.

Didn't think of that lol thxs

tried to clear it up :eek:

English is my 3rd language, it can come out weirdly sometimes

DanishDevil · Sep 17, 2010

eSATA is far from plug-n-play. It's worth it if you want quicker than USB 2 speeds though.

Arrakis9 · Sep 17, 2010

you need to make sure you have ahci mode enabled on your board first for best "plug and play" results. sometimes its not always the case either. like DD said sometimes you have to rescan for devices in device manager under windows

DanishDevil · Sep 17, 2010

Let us know if those tricks work for ya

n-ster · Sep 17, 2010

AHCI limited my transfers to 1.3MBps weirly, and caused crashing problems n freezing... but plugged in before comp starts works thxs

probably the same thing for firewire? will check another day

DanishDevil · Sep 17, 2010

You shouldn't really switch from IDE to AHCI right off the bat. You should do a full reformat of your OS drive before switching. At least that's what I read.

n-ster · Sep 18, 2010

the OS? you mean the external HDD?

DanishDevil · Sep 18, 2010

I heard to not just go into the BIOS and switch from IDE to AHCI because Windows will have trouble unless it was installed while the drive was on AHCI.

erocker · Sep 18, 2010

Did you make sure to go through your manual to make sure you have the bios option(s) enabled for esata to work. You should'nt need AHCI mode to make it work. To be safe, just shut the power down on the dock/external case before unplugging it.

Firewire is labeled as 1394 in your bios. You need to enable that.

n-ster · Sep 18, 2010

they are both enabled...

sata and esata are different.... besides, my sata / windows are on AHCI mode

the esata external HHD works on IDE when on before PC... firewire, I haven't tried yet

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Esata external HDD, How to make esata work?

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