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    eSATA Problem

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by armagideontime, Aug 23, 2008.

  1. armagideontime

    armagideontime Notebook Consultant

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    I'm having a problem with the eSATA port of my NP8660. I downloaded the drivers and software associated with my external hdd, but if i start up my computer with the drive connected, windows will not start. In addition, windows does not recognize the drive if i plug it in after vista has started up. Any ideas of how i could fix this problem?
     
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    vestibule1443 Notebook Evangelist

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    check your boot order. is it set to boot from the external drive? if so change it to the drive your windows is installed to
     
    vestibule1443, Aug 23, 2008
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    BlueMak Notebook Evangelist

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    The manual states something about AHCI and that you have to have it enabled in the BIOS before and after you install Vista for esata to work. I think.
     
    BlueMak, Aug 23, 2008
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