Tim Brownell
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eSATA Drive seen as internal drive by Windows 8.1
I have a 4 GB SATA drive connected to a Windows 8.1 PC via an enclosure and eSATA. Unfortunately the device is recognized as a fixed (internal) drive so my back-up application (Carbonite) will not use it for a Mirror-Image Drive.
Windows 8.1 using AMD SATA Driver and AHCI (StorAHCI)
I have read posts about fixing issues with msahci recognizing internal drives as removable but can find nothing on the reverse.
Thanks
Windows 8.1 using AMD SATA Driver and AHCI (StorAHCI)
I have read posts about fixing issues with msahci recognizing internal drives as removable but can find nothing on the reverse.
Thanks
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Dan,
Yes, the eSATA cable is to a port on the back of the Mobo. It is an older ASUS M3A78_EM Mobo. I am not sure if it is a separate chip/controller for the eSATA or is using the same chip/controller as the internal SATA ports are using.
I did check device manager and I only see:
AMD SATA Controller
ATA Channel 0
ATA Channel 1
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Thanks
Yes, the eSATA cable is to a port on the back of the Mobo. It is an older ASUS M3A78_EM Mobo. I am not sure if it is a separate chip/controller for the eSATA or is using the same chip/controller as the internal SATA ports are using.
I did check device manager and I only see:
AMD SATA Controller
ATA Channel 0
ATA Channel 1
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Thanks
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A lot of "eSATA" implementations I've seen are simply cables hooked into an internal SATA port and to an external bracket or port on the case.
If it's that kind of eSATA, then as far as the computer is concerned, that hdd is internal, because it is connected to an internal SATA port.
HTH,
Dan