Sata External Enclosure Information Needed

Just ordered a Vantec NST-360SU external enclosure (both esata and
USB) and a Seagate ST3160812AS sata hard drive and I have a question
on usage.

Does Windows XP place an esata icon in the taskbar like it does for
USB allowing the user to safely remove, and turn off the external
drive? Or do you just turn the external enclosure off by its rocker
switch? Or do you need to turn off the computer before turning off the
enclosure?

Regards,
John.

 

This one.
Eject / Stop Icon. If it does not stop, do a shut down.

 

Thanks.

John.

 

where from? let us know how it performs.

regards

Thing

 

Paradigm - just arrived to-day, lunch-time

John.

 

How are you connecting? pci card or off the motherboard?

regards

Thing

 

The enclosure comes with a SATA-eSATA adapter bracket so it's a simple
matter of connecting the SATA cable end to the motherboard and the
eSATA cable connects to the adapter.

My old hard drive enclosure was a 5.25 ICZ ME-320U2 and had a cooling
fan included within the case. When the power was turned on it sounded
like a 747 taking off. (Sold the ICZ and a 40GB IDE hard drive to a
neighbour for $50).
The ICZ was a USB enclosure and I could start and stop from within
Windows and turn off the power. I was hoping that a similar action
would be possible with the new SATA enclosure, but that is not the
case. I could use it as a USB but prefer to have it connected via SATA
for speed.

With the new enclosure if I turn it on from within Windows it's not
seen, I have to turn the power on before starting. If I turn the unit
off while in Windows the computer hangs at the "Windows is shutting
down" screen.
The way I have decided to get around this minor irritation is to
reboot and turn the unit on - then do the same for turning the power
off.

As the unit is silent I could leave on all the time, but as I use it
only for backup purposes for a short period of time a few times a week
this seems pointless.

Testing the unit out this morning I made an image of my C: drive and
the speed was just as fast as my internal drives.

As for the actual enclosure I'm very impressed. The packaging was
superb and came with a power adaptor and cable, a USB cable, a eSATA
cable and SATA-eSata adapter bracket, user manual, vertical stand and
misc screws.

Installing was a simple process completed in a few minutes and the
unit is a great looking piece of gear

The cost for this great new toy came to $235 complete for the
enclosure, hard drive, and courier.

Regards,
John

 

that's a software problem. hopefully it'll be fixed as these things
become more popular.

sata hotplug has been experimental in linux for over a year or so maybe
it'll be available in windows some time.

yeah, sata is like that.

I think it was noised at work that someone was selling these on trademe.
I misremember the price or wether the drive was included or you had to
provide your own 2.5" sata drive.

Bye.
Jasen

 

Thanks for the information Jasen. Nice to know it isn't something I'm
doing wrong

Regards,
John.