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    Advice on esata 2.5 portable - xps m1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by stevent, Feb 18, 2009.

  1. stevent

    stevent Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was wondering if any of the members had first hand experience of running an esata (2.5) drive (either enclosure or bought) and an esata express card?

    I primarily work in Photoshop, but when away from home I struggle with the limitations of the laptop (Vista Home 32bit, 4gb ram, 5400rpm hdd).

    I thought if I could spread the load by moving the scratch drive to a suitably fast (7200rpm) portable drive (probably partition it so the scratch is first) it might help.

    Are there any surprises running a portable esata off expresscards?

    Would you recommend I upgrade the 2.5 drive on the xps to a 7200rpm as well?

    Lastly, any recommendations for enclosures and drives?

    er, that quite enough I think! Thanks.

    ps: i was looking at this drive
    http://oyendigital.com/hard-drives/store/EB2-72-320-SHI.html
     
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    tmaxxtim Notebook Evangelist

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    I use a esata express card and an external esata drive with my M1530. It works fine and is super fast at transferring files, usually 50-70mb/s
     
    tmaxxtim, Feb 18, 2009
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