Hi,
I have a Western Digital 1TB external hard drive I use for backup. I'd like to use ESATA to connect as in my amateur mind I understand it's the quickest way to transfer data. I'm unable to get the drive to be recognised when I open the Computer Management in Windows 7. The connection/ recognition works fine when I connect via USB.
I'm using an ASUS Crosshair IV motherboard and don't can't see any settings in the BIOS that I would guess need changing. On my internal drives, I have drives 1-4 set as AHCI and 5-6 (DVD drives) set as IDE.
As I'm using AHCI for the boot drives, does the WD eSATA drive need to have AHCI drivers on it? If so, how do I install them? I'd quite like to get it setup in AHCI to make it hot swappable.
Any guidance on how to make it AHCI and any other BIOS/ Windows settings needed to get it recognised would be very welcome.
FYI, when I plug the ESATA lead in the lights come on the front, so it does appear to be making a connection (I read the connection has been an issue with other WD external drives).
Thanks in advance for the advice,
Andy
My setup is:
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
Asus CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA 890FX Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8GHz
Crucial 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10600
2 x Sapphire HD 5830 1GB GDDR5 in CrossfireX
Corsair 650W TX Series PSU
Internal Drives
Primary Drive OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E SSD 2.5" SATA-II Read 285MB/s Write 275MB/s
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache
Samsung SH-B083L 8x BD-ROM with DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Blu-Ray Drive
Samsung SH-D163C 16x DVD-ROM CD-R SATA Optical Drive
I have a Western Digital 1TB external hard drive I use for backup. I'd like to use ESATA to connect as in my amateur mind I understand it's the quickest way to transfer data. I'm unable to get the drive to be recognised when I open the Computer Management in Windows 7. The connection/ recognition works fine when I connect via USB.
I'm using an ASUS Crosshair IV motherboard and don't can't see any settings in the BIOS that I would guess need changing. On my internal drives, I have drives 1-4 set as AHCI and 5-6 (DVD drives) set as IDE.
As I'm using AHCI for the boot drives, does the WD eSATA drive need to have AHCI drivers on it? If so, how do I install them? I'd quite like to get it setup in AHCI to make it hot swappable.
Any guidance on how to make it AHCI and any other BIOS/ Windows settings needed to get it recognised would be very welcome.
FYI, when I plug the ESATA lead in the lights come on the front, so it does appear to be making a connection (I read the connection has been an issue with other WD external drives).
Thanks in advance for the advice,
Andy
My setup is:
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
Asus CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA 890FX Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8GHz
Crucial 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10600
2 x Sapphire HD 5830 1GB GDDR5 in CrossfireX
Corsair 650W TX Series PSU
Internal Drives
Primary Drive OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E SSD 2.5" SATA-II Read 285MB/s Write 275MB/s
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache
Samsung SH-B083L 8x BD-ROM with DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Blu-Ray Drive
Samsung SH-D163C 16x DVD-ROM CD-R SATA Optical Drive