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    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Oldman, May 23, 2008.

  1. Oldman

    Oldman Notebook Evangelist

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    Today I'm going to receive all the stuff I've ordered:

    eSATA expresscard (SUBA brand)
    Masscool External enclosure (internal SATA to external USB,eSATA)
    2.5" Hard Drive.

    I want to use express card slot and eSATA transfer line
    I need advice should I connect all this stuff in one-by-one order or I can assemble the whole chain together and connect to expresscard slot at once?

    Thanks in advance
     
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    Put your HD in the enclosure first. connect enclosure to expresscard then plug expresscard into laptop.
     
    Wiz33, May 23, 2008
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  3. Oldman

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    Thank you for reply.
    So I hope new devices (card and enclosure ) will be recognized by OS at the same time
     
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    Does the expresscard comes with drivers that needs to be installed. If so you might want ot put in the expresscard first, get it setup and than connect the the enclosure to the expresscard. If not, then you can probably do it all at once.
     
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    express card from iwin2win.com already came, and HD with case are coming on Monday from Newegg.com
    Expresscard came with CD.
    So with CD on the tray I've inserted expresscard in, Vista took care about the rest finding right driver in very remote spaces somewhere on internet
     
    Oldman, May 23, 2008
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