Do they make an eSATA dock for this drive? Or am I stuck with USB 2.0/3.0 &amp; Firewire?
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It's right in the item's description, but somewhat disguised. Assuming your computer is newer and equipped for eSata, its a great item - and fast. Although it's less flexible than my USB 3.0, it runs faster on my PC. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003IT6PH2
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You would need an ESata port on your desktop and a free USB port. The USB port is for electricity because Esata does not supply enough electricity to power the drive and then the Esata cable/port would be for data.
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No it does not. However, Amazon does sell a dual bay like these that does. However, it is USB 2.0, eSata, IDE, not USB 3.0. That's important because even eSata 2 is as fast as the drives connected to it, but USB 2.0, is an incredible bottle neck. If that same unit had USB 3.0, I wouldn't have purchased this item. The way it works, is it has an IDE plug on the side of it, which connects to a USB cable and the drive, and thus it doesn't sit in the toaster like SATA drives do.
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I am using with esata connection but I will check if it works with USB 3.0 although max throughput will be USB 2.0 since port on unit is USB 2.0
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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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If you haven't bought your hard drive yet, there are some that support USB 3.0 and ESATA, that may be your best bet. Use the ESATA now, and USB 3.0 in the future, when you replace that Old laptop.
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The USB 3.0 chip-set supports sATA, so, no they are internal sATA ports for expansion drives not pass through for the EsATA.
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It should. I just tested it on my Windows 8.1 machine without issue. If you are having connect/disconnect issues, it may be that the dock doesn't play nicely with your USB chipset. Did you try the eSATA connection (if your computer has an eSATA port)? Or it could be a failing HDD and not an issues with the dock/USB chipset. Any drive 2TB or less should work without issue. Win 8.1 should have no issue addressing HDDs larger than 2TB.
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No, see http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-sata-and-esata/
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I am trying this tonight. The box does have two external USB ports but the internal GoFlex dock looks to be a standard SATA connection. Ill let you know how it goes.
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eSATA cable does not come with the drive. You can buy one separately for about $20. Figure that into your cost.
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It did not fit the 3.0 port on my Western Digital external hard drive. Not familiar with Seagate port. 2.0 port cable does fit into the esata port on my Dell Studio 17 laptop.I use a cable with 2.0 on one end for laptop esata and 3.0 on other end for WD external. It came included with the WD hard drive.
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There's nothing OS-specific about the enclosure, anything with eSATA "port multiplier" support should work fine.
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Yes. The SATA ports are hot pluggable. The eSATA should be too but I haven't tested it.
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I run a 32-bit Vista system. Formatted a 4tb drive GTP/NTFS, connected via eSata and it is both fast and reliable. USB does not work.
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I used WD Black 4TB HDD, it works great for both USB 3.0 and eSATA, but need update Intel Rapid Storage Technology to using eSATA, I did not tried 6TB.
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I'm using two of these, one with a Toshiba drive the other with a Seagate drive, both using Firewire on an iMac. I have had no problems with either one.