i have an old sata external in a usb casing. if i pop i open should i be able to connect it to my computer through my external esata?
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This is kind of what I am using these cables for. I have 3 raw SATA drives mounted in a small drive enclosure with these cables connected to 3 esata connections on my PC. Your drive(s) will need a power source as the SATA cables do not provide operating power for the drives
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seems like it should worst that can happen is that it will not work, be sure of the hook up SATA can be trickly
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I believe so, yes. You need the correct port on your computer too (esata) but I had no problems connecting the hard drive. You'll also need some sort of power supply for the hard drive. I had one from a sata to usb kit.
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Yes. However, you will need to feed external power to your HDD. The eSATA cable does not provide power like USB.
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Yes but you would need a esata dock or enclosure about $30 versus just adding it internal
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I believe so. I bought this expressly to hook up to an eSATA internal hard drive that had been inside of an external enclosure that was no longer working. I had external power to the drive and connected the eSATA cable to this adapter to transfer files to my PC hard drive. Worked great!
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This cable is really e-sata to e-sata and nothing else. The end with e-sata only, is for the drive and the end with USB and e-sata are for the computer. This enables you to connect an unpowered external e-sata drive to your unpowered e-sata connection on your computer (as you connect the USB to a powered USB port). I hope that helps.
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My brother said that if you have an eSata port or adapter you can transfer data from your computer using a eSata cable. You can transfer the data to an external hard drive or even to another computer or laptop. He said if the other computer also has an eSata port you will be able to transfer the data much faster than just using the USB port. The cable that I purchased from Amazon had three cables put together but I never got to use it because my computer blew up. The three in one cable has an USB, and an eSata and USB combined cable. I hope this is helpful to you because I never got to use it.Sincerely,Diana Stein My brother said that if you have an eSata port or adapter you can transfer data from your computer using a eSata cable. You can transfer the data to an external hard drive or even to another computer or laptop. He said if the other computer also has an eSata port you will be able to transfer the data much faster than just using the USB port. The cable that I purchased from Amazon had three cables put together but I never got to use it because my computer blew up. The three in one cable has an USB, and an eSata and USB combined cable. I hope this is helpful to you because I never got to use... » Read More My brother said that if you have an eSata port or adapter you can transfer data from your computer using a eSata cable. You can transfer the data to an external hard drive or even to another computer or laptop. He said if the other computer also has an eSata port you will be able to transfer the data much faster than just using the USB port. The cable that I purchased from Amazon had three cables put together but I never got to use it because my computer blew up. The three in one cable has an USB, and an eSata and USB combined cable. I hope this is helpful to you because I never got to use it.Sincerely,Diana Stein « Show Less
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In a word NO. The SATA connector on the adapter is just a standard eSATA connector and not an eSATAp connector and therefore has no power pins. Therefore the adaptor only works one way. It only works for connecting an eSATA device to the computers USB 3.0 port. It will not work for connecting a USB3 device to the eSATAp port on your computer
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Unfortunately, this cannot work as a stand alone server or connect to eSATA cables. Think of it a place to put additional hard drives when your computer chassis runs out of space inside. You still have to connect the drives to the motherboard inside, so you'll need long (internal-type) SATA cables to exit the chassis and connect to the hard drives in this little rack. There is no eSATA connection on it.
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StarTech just clarified it will work only for eSata port on external device and USB 3.0 on PC, not the other way round
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StarTech.com 2.5in Black eSATA USB External Hard Drive Enclosure for SATA HDD http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002NY9K1Q/ref=pe_175190_21431760_3p_M3T1_ST1_dp_1
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No mention of user-accessibility in the ASUS Manual (other than disassembly will void the product warranty) and no way for me to tell absent attempting to take my unit apart. There is an E-SATA + USB 2.0 Combo port to connect to an external Serial-ATA hard disk drive or other devices, including external HDDs. To be sure, I would recommend contacting ASUS Tech Support prior to purchasing.
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You could connect it to the SATA port on a mainboard with an adapter cable, but I don't know what kind of thru put you would get.SATA to eSATA Cable
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Its not a esata connection so you can't use laptop drive either.. Look up msata.. Thats what you need
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Like the person answering before me: If your external harddrive is a standard one, most likely with a little work.yes..But Its designed to connect most standard hard drives to a computer. So strictly speaking, you can't connect an external harddrive. But most external harddrives consist of a normal hard drive in a housing. Once you remove that housing you can connect this harddrive to this item. This of course voids your warranty on that external harddrive and you should know what you are doing as you can break the hard drive if you open these enclosures improperly. Also, make sure your enclosure has a standard harddrive in it (with a standard ata or sataConnector). Like the person answering before me: If your external harddrive is a standard one, most likely with a little work.yes..But Its designed to connect most standard hard drives to a computer. So strictly speaking, you can't connect an external harddrive. But most external harddrives consist of a normal hard drive in a housing. Once you remove that housing you can connect this harddrive to this item. This of course voids your warranty on that external harddrive and you should know what you are doing as you can break the hard drive if you open these enclosures improperly. Also, make sure your... » Read More Like the person answering before me: If your external harddrive is a standard one, most likely with a little work.yes..But Its designed to connect most standard hard drives to a computer. So strictly speaking, you can't connect an external harddrive. But most external harddrives consist of a normal hard drive in a housing. Once you remove that housing you can connect this harddrive to this item. This of course voids your warranty on that external harddrive and you should know what you are doing as you can break the hard drive if you open these enclosures improperly. Also, make sure your enclosure has a standard harddrive in it (with a standard ata or sataConnector). « Show Less
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It will allow you to connect a SATA device to your computers USB 3.0 port. For example you could connect a 2.5" sata drive to your computer via USB and access the drive.
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I am using it to connected an external esata port on an external enclosure Hard Drive to USB 3 on the laptop. your going the other way around. not sure.
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The cable has a standard USB connector on one end and eSata on the other. It is a 2-way path and I am using it for an external hard drive backup. It should work in your configuration.
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The card reader functionality requires the USB connection. The sata connection is just for the esata port.
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I don't understand your question. Are you saying that you lost the instructions for the Rosewill external drive? If you have placed the hard drive into the enclosure correctly and Windows 7 is not recognizing the drive then I ask "How is the drive connected to your machine"? If it is eSATA then I know that some motherboards seem to have a problem. The best solution is to use USB and there should be no complications. Please clarify!