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    USB 3.0 ExpressCard

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Sepy, Sep 3, 2010.

  1. Sepy

    Sepy Notebook Enthusiast

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    pyr0 100% laptop dynamite

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    I see no reason why that should not work. I guess that it probably will not be bootable with the Z. Are you sure you want the Belkin card? There are much cheaper cards offering the same (e.g. Buffalo or StarTech cards).
     
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    Sepy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I'm open to suggestion but I need it to be bootable for my cloning.

    Any idea which one will be bootable?

    I know eSata will be but I'm not sure about UBS 3.
     
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    Sepy Notebook Enthusiast

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    OK it seems even eSata is not bootable either.

    Any idea how I can get bootable external hard drive
     
    Sepy, Sep 3, 2010
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  5. pyr0

    pyr0 100% laptop dynamite

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    I don't see the point why you need a bootable drive for cloning. What you have described in this thread does not require a bootable external drive (when I understand correctly).

    Lets say, your accident is data loss on your Z or the system does not boot up anymore (if your system wont power on anymore, an external USB 3.0 drive will be useless). Why dont you just clone back an image file from an external drive to the Z? You will be ready to go in minutes.

    There is neither an eSATA ExpressCard nor a USB 3.0 ExpressCard available with boot support on the Z. I heard the AKE BC338 eSATA card is bootable in a MBP 17", but I cannot confirm that it is with the Z.

    Please be more specific on what you want to do, then we can help you better.

    -> Use USB2.0 or join Insyde BIOS developers and implement external boot through expresscard to eSATA(JMicron,Silicon Image)/USB3.0(NEC) chips.
     
    pyr0, Sep 3, 2010
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    Z doesn't support booting from Expresscard anything (esata, usb, etc).
     
    beaups, Sep 3, 2010
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  8. pyr0

    pyr0 100% laptop dynamite

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    See here

    When you got it, please inform us how it works and get HD Tune for posting test results here.
     
    pyr0, Sep 3, 2010
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    colonels Notebook Consultant

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    I would like to see usb3 expresscard and ocz enyo ssd speeds. This is what I wanted for daily backups but too expensive now

    Would like to see if it actually reached 150MB transfer speeds
     
    colonels, Sep 3, 2010
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