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From: Nate Nagel on 26 May 2010 18:24
I have a Studio 1555 laptop... never used the eSATA port before. Now I
want to transfer some files from another hard drive. I have an eSATA
cable. There is a port on the side of the case marked "(USB
symbol)/eSATA" but the eSATA cable doesn't come close to fitting this
connector. Do I need a special cable and/or adapter, and if so, which
one? I tried looking on Dell's web site and got frustrated.

thanks

nate

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From: Nate Nagel on 28 May 2010 18:40
On 05/26/2010 06:24 PM, Nate Nagel wrote:
> I have a Studio 1555 laptop... never used the eSATA port before. Now I
> want to transfer some files from another hard drive. I have an eSATA
> cable. There is a port on the side of the case marked "(USB
> symbol)/eSATA" but the eSATA cable doesn't come close to fitting this
> connector. Do I need a special cable and/or adapter, and if so, which
> one? I tried looking on Dell's web site and got frustrated.
>
> thanks
>
> nate
>

bump?

I apologize if this is a dumb question, but I really don't know the answer.

I ended up using a USB to SATA adapter, but obviously that wasn't the
fastest solution so if this comes up again I'd like to know what to do.
The eSATA cable that I have works fine on my desktop, although
obviously I need to use the power adapter part of my USB/SATA adapter or
else an external powered case. I don't mind doing that as I have the parts.

nate

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