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    Hotswappable eSata?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by JL6speed, May 4, 2010.

  1. JL6speed

    JL6speed Notebook Geek

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    I have a Rosewill ext. enclosure and I cannot get the laptop to recognize the drive unless I reboot the laptop with the drive on.

    However I am able to simply plug this drive into my desktop and turn on with no problem recognizing it.

    I'm just wondering, does the XPS16 support swappable eSata?
     
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  2. JKleiss

    JKleiss Notebook Evangelist

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    It definately does, i have it working fine on mine, with external sata hdd and external sata optical drive, Check ur BIOS settings
     
    JKleiss, May 5, 2010
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    ZippoMan Notebook Evangelist

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    I use an external eSATA enclosure for most of my media. I don't want to use my SSD for stuff like MP3s and pictures. It's definitely hot swappable. I think your enclosure is defective.

    I recommend the Vantec NexStar 3. It has great reviews on NewEgg and Amazon.
     
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    JL6speed Notebook Geek

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    I'm thinking it is my laptop because it is hotswappable on my desktop.

    I also did some research online and read about something with setting the esata to AHCI. I checked my bios and that setting was enabled.

    Not really sure what's up with my laptop.
     
    JL6speed, May 5, 2010
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