[Leica] Computer Question

[images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)]

What would it be listed under in Device Manager?  I can't find it.

Thanks,

Tina


On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 7:30 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
wrote:

> The eSATA I use on my MacBook Pro connects to the eSATA card and a single
> USB for power, not sure why you need two. If eSATA is built in to the
> laptop it should have drivers (look at device manager and see what shows),
> I would not expect a HDD to need any further drivers, so should be as Jim
> says below....
>
> john
> ________________________________________
>
>
> Tina,
>
> I have added such drives to my Win XP machine, and I have to initialize the
> drive and assign a drive letter.  Maybe someone can advise whether or not
> your system requires something similar, or whether it can just be plugged
> in.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 5:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Computer Question
>
>
> > Thanks, Brian.  I'll look into the Seagate drives.  The little Samsung
> > 256GB external SSD drive hooks up to the eSata port on my laptop and uses
> > two USB cables for power.  I had planned to put the LR catalog on it and
> > use it for a scratch disk, but I can't get the computer to recognize that
> > it is there.
> >
> > Tina
> >
> >
> > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Brian Reid
> > <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>wrote:
> >
> >> In the world of speedup, nothing is faster than its slowest part.
> >> SSD drives are very fast, but USB is very slow, and if you connect an
> SSD
> >> drive with a USB cable you will have a hard time seeing a difference.
> >>
> >> I like the article to which Geoff referred you.
> >>
> >> I have a computer with 2 SSD internal drives and 2 mechanical internal
> >> drives and I have had a very hard time getting applications to use the
> >> SSD
> >> drives to their advantage. Photoshop CS6, which is my primary tool, gets
> >> it
> >> right, but Lightroom isn't as willing to use some drive other than the
> >> one
> >> it wants to.
> >>
> >> I suspect that the Seagate hybrid drives would be best for speeding up a
> >> laptop.
> >>
> >> http://www.seagate.com/**internal-hard-drives/laptop-**
> >> hard-drives/laptop-solid-**state-hybrid-drive/<
> http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/laptop-hard-drives/laptop-solid-state-hybrid-drive/
> >
> >>
> >> They might even be better for my computer but I haven't had time to plan
> >> a
> >> migration to them. They are a nifty combination of SSD and mechanical
> >> drives that do all of the speedup magic inside them.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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