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eSATA docking station needs rebooting

by Cycleman Jan 25, 2009 5:25AM PST

PC is Home Vista 64 bit.

I have a few internal-type SATA drives. I bought a docking station (Thermaltake) that handles either eSATA or USB inputs. I'm using the eSATA, connected to an internal port on the motherboard.

If the computer is running, and I push the power button on this unit, the inserted drive runs, but the drive is not recognized.

If I reboot the PC with the drive running, then it recognizes it just fine.

Everything is working fine after that.

Is this just the way of things with eSATA type devices? Or, is there something I could do, to have this drive recognized after I have the PC running, and then insert the drive into the docking station?

Thanks.

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From may experience that happens a lot on XP and old windows

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jan 25, 2009 7:31AM PST

Vista seems to nail the SATA interface where as XP and prior versions show their age with issues like you shared.

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Some can "hotswap" and some cannot.

by ahtoi Jan 26, 2009 5:13AM PST

The spec. on your external case specify what? I have a few kingwin cases and none of them can hotswap...but I have no problem with that. I just turn it on first or just reboot. Sometime I just leave it on; I don't think it uses much power (the case feels cold).

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