eSATA question..

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  1. Posts : 29
    Win7 Professional x64
       #1

    eSATA question..


    Hey guys..
    I see that on the Antec 1200 case, there's a eSATA port in front. Does that mean I can connect a HDD to that port and Windows 7 will recognize it, as if it was installed directly to the motherboard?

    Michael
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  2. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #2

    It does mean that. :)
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  3. Posts : 29
    Win7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thank you Jonathan_King !
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  4. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
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    You're welcome. :)

    Let us know if you have any more questions/problems, and we'll be happy to help you.
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  5. Posts : 29
    Win7 Professional x64
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    Jonathan_King said:
    Let us know if you have any more questions/problems, and we'll be happy to help you.
    Ahhh, warms my heart :)
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  6. Posts : 7,878
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    You would have to have an enclosure for a SATA drive to provide the eSATA connector that would connect to the front eSATA input.
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  7. Posts : 3,487
    Win 7 Pro x64/Win 10 Pro x64 dual boot
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    And if you're going to buy an enclosure like that, pick up one with some ventilation. Unless you use the new cooler running drives, they can get pretty warm.
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  8. Posts : 29
    Win7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
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    I was thinking just connecting the HDD (still in the other PC) to the eSATA port to restore some files, with something like this:

    eSATA question..-bigkab-esata-i.jpg
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  9. Posts : 7,878
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Yeah, you can use an eSATA to a SATA cable if you just have to pull a few things off the drive. You could also pop the side off the case and just plug into an internal port and do the same thing with a standard SATA cable.
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  10. Posts : 1,506
    W7 Ult. x64 | OS X
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    I highly recommend using eSATA, when I had my port working, it made it so that I could run my OS off an external drive without worrying about slow speeds from USB.
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