Joel,
I use a similar setup consisting of a Dell Dimension 4700 running XP/SP4, an
eSATA card, and a single eSATA drive in a powered, fan-cooled enclosure.
However, I use the drive as a photo storage drive, to contain all of my
image files. At present, I have no interest in placing a bootable drive in
the enclosure, but will keep watch for your comments if you find a way to
make it work.
I would suspect that the eSATA path presents a different interface, for
which the "Boot from USB device" command is not prepared to deal with.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Joel Wilcox" <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 2:08 PM
Subject: [OM] [OT] Booting from an eSATA drive
> Do any of you Windows adepti boot occasionally from an eSATA drive in an
> enclosure or dock? I have a HD which I can boot from when it is in the
> PC itself. When I move it to a dock, connect it to the PC by USB,
> select "Boot from USB device" in BIOS, it starts to load Windows and
> then crashes. The blue screen message suggests to look for viruses, to
> demount the drive, and maybe something else I can't remember. I have
> demounted the drive, so that's not the problem, nor are there viruses at
> issue. Won't completely load in any mode (safe, normal, etc.) though it
> tries. The version of Win I am trying to load is XP/SP4. It is a
> mirror of what is on the regular boot drive, so it was not built
> originally on the drive when it was in the eSATA dock. I sort of
> suspect this is where the problem may lie.
>
> I normally use this dock with an eSATA PCI card. There is no BIOS
> option to boot through the card, so the only option that appears close
> is to boot via a USB device, and the dock also has USB support. The PC
> is a Dell GX Optiplex 240, which has SATA support, no problem, but is a
> pretty old machine. Real workhorse, though.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions (other than getting a Mac, running Linux,
> etc.).
>
> Joel W.
>
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