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    USB/ESATA to SATA adapter

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by xsasser, Feb 14, 2012.

  1. xsasser

    xsasser Newbie

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    Hello,

    I own a DELL XPS M1730 notebook which has 2 SATA ports.
    I want to attach this adapter to a SATA port and then attach this eSATA flash drive to the adapter.Will it work, I mean will I be able to boot from it a as regular HDD an install an OS on it?

    Thank you in advance.
     
    xsasser, Feb 14, 2012
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    I don't see why this wouldn't work... but it will be slow. You will probably wear out the flash drive pretty fast, too.
     
    Commander Wolf, Feb 14, 2012
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  3. Panduhsaur

    Panduhsaur Notebook Consultant

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    It'll probably work, I remember seeing that one picture when I first started the internets, it was like 20 cable adapters hooked up to eachother from dvi ==> usb ==> ps/2 etc and it was over a foot long. I can't find the picture anymore but if that thing worked I don't see why this set up wouldn't
     
    Panduhsaur, Feb 14, 2012
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  4. rabbitz

    rabbitz Notebook Consultant

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    I remember seeing a picture like that too... and I also recall reading comments about it saying that it doesn't actually work.. it was just set up for the picture.

    Here we go:
    http://www.reddit.com/r/geek/comments/egs3o/

    And the pic:

    http://imgur.com/kuYSM
     
    rabbitz, Feb 14, 2012
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  5. xsasser

    xsasser Newbie

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    Thanks guys for answering. I will try it out as soon as I will get my hands on the adapter.
     
    xsasser, Feb 14, 2012
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