ESATA was recognized, now gone!

[jave200372]

Hi,

I'm having a small issue here with a external eSATA HDD. The drive was recognized by Vista yesterday, yet today it's not! I have rebooted and the motherboard BIOS does recognize the drive as being connected to a AHCI SATA port. I'm hoping that I somehow haven't corrupted the drive, when I'm switching it on and off. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[r_manic]

Just a point of clarification: when you connected via SATA, were you able to read the hard disk?

 

[jave200372]

Just a point of clarification: when you connected via SATA, were you able to read the hard disk?

Haven't gone to the trouble of taking the drive out of the external case, but when I did have it out before, yes, I was able to read it.

However, I am now able to read the disk through a USB connection (the external case I have has both USB and eSATA connectors), and through the eSATA port. Previously I was using a new eSATA cable. I have just tested it with the original eSATA cable that came with the external case - and it works!! So I'm guessing that the new cable I bought is slightly dodgy. Now when I connect the external drive with the new cable, Windows asks me if I want to format the drive! Ummm, no thanks.

 

[photonboy]

I assume this thread is closed.

 

[jave200372]

Yep. Problem solved.