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Windows 7: External eSATA drives -- anybody using them.
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23 Nov 2009
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W7 X-64 RTM,SUSE 11.1, XP PRO SP3 as a VM, VMware ESXi Hafnarfjörður IS |
External eSATA drives -- anybody using them.
Hi all
I was wondering if anybody is using eSATA external (note must be EXTERNAL) drives.
the eSATA spec is around 2 - 3 X faster than USB2 so should be good (and switchable between macines).
Any users.
Cheers
jimbo
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built
OS W7 X-64 RTM,SUSE 11.1, XP PRO SP3 as a VM, VMware ESXi
CPU Q9400 QUAD
Motherboard P5QL-CM
Memory 8GB
Graphics Card On Motherborad
Sound Card Realtek HD audio
Monitor(s) Displays Apple Cinema display
Mouse Toshiba wireless laser
Hard Drives 4 X 1TB SATA
Internet Speed > 20MB up
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23 Nov 2009
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W7 x64 3rd Rock from the Sun |
Been using it for yonks and yonks, excellent... especially if you have SATA-II drives both inside and externally - it whacks USB-II for six (although that may be set to change with USB-III...) | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built machine
OS W7 x64
CPU Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9650)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R (F6 Bios)
Memory 4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz
Graphics Card Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's
Sound Card Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors
Monitor(s) Displays Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Cherry PS/2 custom model
Mouse Lenovo USB laser "Thinkpad" Mouse
PSU OCZ 600w
Case Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower
Cooling Scythe 140mm Zipang
Hard Drives Crucial M4 SSD, archives on twin Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX, 2TB, 7200rpm HDD's, Samsung Ritemaster CD/DVD Burner...
Internet Speed ADSL2+ @14Mbps downstream & Cat6 Gigabit Ethernet
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23 Nov 2009
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Using them without problems. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built by me
OS Windows 7 64bit
CPU Intel Core Duo 8400 (Wolfdale)
Motherboard Asus PK5-E BIOS 1305
Memory OCZ DDR2 8500 2Gb x 4
Graphics Card Asus GE-Force 8800 GT
Sound Card Creative Sound card
Monitor(s) Displays Apple Cinema Display 23"
Screen Resolution 1920x1200
Keyboard Microsoft Office Keyboard (not fully compatible with Win7)
Mouse Windows Intellimouse Explorer
PSU Kingwin 610W
Cooling Thermaltake CPU fan
Hard Drives WD7500AAKS
ST3500320AS
ST31000528AS
WD740WDAD
Internet Speed 10 Mbps
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23 Nov 2009
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esata is without doubt definitely faster. always use it if you can. | | My System Specs | | OS win8 pro
CPU i7 920@4.2
Motherboard evga x58 ftw3
Memory 12gb corsair vengeance
Graphics Card gtx580oc sli
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Monitor(s) Displays dell u3011 & 2405fpw
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Mouse g9x
PSU antec hc-900w
Case corsair t600se
Cooling corsair h100
Hard Drives x25m & 12tb
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23 Nov 2009
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I'm using an e-sata drive connected to my DVR at home to increase capacity.
As far as on the computer, I haven't moved over to e-sata drives as so many machines don't have e-sata ports...so that severely limits portability of the drive. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self-Built in July 2009
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel Q9550 2.83Ghz OC'd to 3.40Ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R rev. 1.1, F12 BIOS
Memory 8GB G.Skill PI DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12 timings
Graphics Card EVGA 1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX570
Sound Card Realtek ALC899A 8 channel onboard audio
Monitor(s) Displays 23" Acer x233H
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard ABS M1 Mechanical
Mouse Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
PSU Corsair 620HX modular
Case Antec P182
Cooling stock
Hard Drives Intel X25-M 80GB Gen 2 SSD
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black, 32MB cache. WD1001FALS
Internet Speed 15/2 cable modem
Other Info Windows and Linux enthusiast. Logitech G35 Headset.
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24 Nov 2009
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W7 X-64 RTM,SUSE 11.1, XP PRO SP3 as a VM, VMware ESXi Hafnarfjörður IS |
Quote: Originally Posted by pparks1  I'm using an e-sata drive connected to my DVR at home to increase capacity.
As far as on the computer, I haven't moved over to e-sata drives as so many machines don't have e-sata ports...so that severely limits portability of the drive. Hi there
For laptops this express card works great AFAIK -- haven't tried it myself but saw it today on a colleagues laptop at work. This is where he got it from.
Think I'll go down this route too. 2 Port eSATA ExpressCard 34 and RAID 5/JBOD eSATA ExpressCard 34
Cheers
jimbo | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built
OS W7 X-64 RTM,SUSE 11.1, XP PRO SP3 as a VM, VMware ESXi
CPU Q9400 QUAD
Motherboard P5QL-CM
Memory 8GB
Graphics Card On Motherborad
Sound Card Realtek HD audio
Monitor(s) Displays Apple Cinema display
Mouse Toshiba wireless laser
Hard Drives 4 X 1TB SATA
Internet Speed > 20MB up
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24 Nov 2009
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Yeah...my work laptop actually has an e-sata port (Dell Latitude E6400)...however I've got quite a number of lab machines in the office that are desktops without ports...plus nothing but my newest desktop at home has an e-sata port. So, I'm just going to hold off right now. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self-Built in July 2009
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU Intel Q9550 2.83Ghz OC'd to 3.40Ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R rev. 1.1, F12 BIOS
Memory 8GB G.Skill PI DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12 timings
Graphics Card EVGA 1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX570
Sound Card Realtek ALC899A 8 channel onboard audio
Monitor(s) Displays 23" Acer x233H
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard ABS M1 Mechanical
Mouse Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
PSU Corsair 620HX modular
Case Antec P182
Cooling stock
Hard Drives Intel X25-M 80GB Gen 2 SSD
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black, 32MB cache. WD1001FALS
Internet Speed 15/2 cable modem
Other Info Windows and Linux enthusiast. Logitech G35 Headset.
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11 Dec 2009
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Mine's hurting
I haven't had much luck with running VM's on SimpleTech's eSata drive. I created six partitions and have it attached to a dell workstation, but the machines just get slower and slower. Defrag doesn't help either.
For those that have success, can you please share what you did? I don't find it any faster to run on an external eSata drive compared with the internal drive.
Thanks in advance. | | My System Specs | | |
30 Dec 2009
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LOL...i managed to mirror my system drive to the external esata drive and I can boot into Windows 7 from the external drive. I always thought this was not possible as the drivers are usually initiating during boot up!
LOL. I guess not!  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU Intel Quad Core Q6600
Motherboard Asus P5Q
Memory OCZ Platinum 2x4GB 1066
Graphics Card Asus EAH 3450
Sound Card On board
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 17'
PSU OCZ 700MXSP
Case Thermaltake full-tower
Cooling Air
Hard Drives 1xsata 320GB OS
1xsata 500GB VM
1xsata 640GB Dynamic mirrored with 1.0TB
1xsata 1.0TB Dynamic mirrored with 640GB
1xsata 1.5TB External via E-sata Docking Station
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24 Apr 2010
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Wonder if anyone knows of an HD Health Monitor like HD Health that also monitors external eSATA drives? | | My System Specs | | External eSATA drives -- anybody using them. problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:49 AM. |  |
My external eSata drive not seen. 
