I have a problem with connecting a SATA drive to my computer. I have an
adapter for my laptop that I believe
should allow me to connect my SATA drive to the eSATA port on my laptop, when coupled with the power adapter from a SATA to usb adapter kit (which has worked for me in the past with the same drives I'm trying to hook up now, with the same computer.) The problem is that this approach doesn't work. I'm sort of confused as to why it won't work. I've seen an
adapter that looks like it pulls power through the eSATA port, but it apparently needs a
corresponding PCIe card that wouldn't be able to hook up to my laptop. There is also apparently a type of port that is called
eSATAp, which is supposed to be an eSATA port with the ability to give extra power to the drive you connect. Unfortunately, I only have normal eSATA, and I can't even be certain if that port works, because it it the only port of that type I have access to, although I busted my but finding the right drivers for it, so I hope it's not that. To put it simply: assuming my eSATA port works, why can't my computer "see" my SATA drives when I hook them up to my computer via eSATA, and if I have the wrong cable, which one(s) do I need?
Any insight would clear up my confusion.
Thanks.