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Esata with a laptop?

ianmc38 · 2007-11-18 08:56:42

Hey, I bought an external Esata hard drive last week and was wondering how I can use it with my laptop/. I can transfer data using USB2, but obviously Esata would be preferable for faster transfer speeds. My laptop is a Dell XPS Gen II. Thanks.

18-11-2007 09:56AM

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ianmc38

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Hey, I bought an external Esata hard drive last week and was wondering how I can use it with my laptop/. I can transfer data using USB2, but obviously Esata would be preferable for faster transfer speeds.

My laptop is a Dell XPS Gen II.

Thanks.

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#2 18-11-2007 10:14AM

majiktripp

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As far as I know you can't, only some newer desktop motherboard have and external SATA connection on the back like a usb port to allow you to hook up the external drive, so I dont think there is any way for you to do it. Bar there beign a E-SATA PCMCIA card adapter but I dont think there is such a device.

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