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How do I make use of the eSATA port on my laptop with normal SATA drives?

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Mar 15, 20268566 views
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On my laptop I have an eSATA port. And I also have a SATA → eSATA cable. I know that simply using that cable would never work as the SATA disks require an additional power cable. The question is: How are those eSATA ports supposed to work? Where can I get the power cable? Or do actually I need spec…

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Fix for: How do I make use of the eSATA port on my laptop with normal SATA drives?

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You'd need to get a hard drive dock that is compatible with eSATA. This one is an example of one that connects with both eSATA and USB but just google for eSATA dock and you'll get plenty of options. If you want a prebuilt solution rather than using…

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