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January 1st 11, 09:50 PM
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eSATA/USB
I want to figure out how eSATA/USB is used. Does the technology allow
me to plug in an eSATA drive without a power cord to the drive? By comparison, Is it faster than an external USB 3.0 portable drive? Which doesn't require extra power cable either. 
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January 22nd 11, 07:58 PM
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eSATA/USB
On 01/01/2011 4:50 PM, Net Surfer wrote:
I want to figure out how eSATA/USB is used. Does the technology allow me to plug in an eSATA drive without a power cord to the drive? By comparison, Is it faster than an external USB 3.0 portable drive? Which doesn't require extra power cable either. I assume you want to use your eSATA drive in eSATA mode. Your eSATA drive enclosure should have come with an odd looking USB cable with two USB connectors at one end and a single connector at the other. Plug that single connector into the drive box. At the other end of the USB cable, plug the USB connector (one on the short wire, not the one at the very end of the cable) into an empty USB slot on your computer. Your eSATA disk will draw power from your PC, but not use the USB cable for data transfer. That's done by the eSATA cable running from the drive box to the eSATA connector on/in your computer.
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