[Leica] Computer Question

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

I am working on a locked down XP box currently (the joy of Govt agencies) so 
cannot say exactly, in device manager there are options for device 
controllers where the SATA drivers show up, should be the same driver for 
internal or external I think. If you open device manager and no icon has a 
yellow circle over it then things are probably all working fine.

In disk manager you can right click somewhere (perhaps that word itself on 
the left) and 'rescan' which may find the eSATA

john
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What would it be listed under in Device Manager?  I can't find it.

Thanks,

Tina


On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 7:30 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
wrote:

> The eSATA I use on my MacBook Pro connects to the eSATA card and a single
> USB for power, not sure why you need two. If eSATA is built in to the
> laptop it should have drivers (look at device manager and see what shows),
> I would not expect a HDD to need any further drivers, so should be as Jim
> says below....
>
> john
> ________________________________________
>
>
> Tina,
>
> I have added such drives to my Win XP machine, and I have to initialize the
> drive and assign a drive letter.  Maybe someone can advise whether or not
> your system requires something similar, or whether it can just be plugged
> in.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 5:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Computer Question
>
>
> > Thanks, Brian.  I'll look into the Seagate drives.  The little Samsung
> > 256GB external SSD drive hooks up to the eSata port on my laptop and uses
> > two USB cables for power.  I had planned to put the LR catalog on it and
> > use it for a scratch disk, but I can't get the computer to recognize that
> > it is there.
> >
> > Tina
> >
> >
> > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Brian Reid
> > <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>wrote:
> >
> >> In the world of speedup, nothing is faster than its slowest part.
> >> SSD drives are very fast, but USB is very slow, and if you connect an
> SSD
> >> drive with a USB cable you will have a hard time seeing a difference.
> >>
> >> I like the article to which Geoff referred you.
> >>
> >> I have a computer with 2 SSD internal drives and 2 mechanical internal
> >> drives and I have had a very hard time getting applications to use the
> >> SSD
> >> drives to their advantage. Photoshop CS6, which is my primary tool, gets
> >> it
> >> right, but Lightroom isn't as willing to use some drive other than the
> >> one
> >> it wants to.
> >>
> >> I suspect that the Seagate hybrid drives would be best for speeding up a
> >> laptop.
> >>
> >> http://www.seagate.com/**internal-hard-drives/laptop-**
> >> hard-drives/laptop-solid-**state-hybrid-drive/<
> http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/laptop-hard-drives/laptop-solid-state-hybrid-drive/
> >
> >>
> >> They might even be better for my computer but I haven't had time to plan
> >> a
> >> migration to them. They are a nifty combination of SSD and mechanical
> >> drives that do all of the speedup magic inside them.
> >>
> >>
> >>