Moose & Tina,
May I comment? If Tina uses her laptop while it is plugged into a wall
outlet, the "wall wart" to power the eSATA enclosure is just one more
connection. I do that with my desktop computer, with all of my photos on an
external eSATA drive. However, if she uses it on batteries, that is another
story.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Computer Question
> On 5/23/2013 12:54 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>> There is an external plug on the side of my laptop labeled eSata. Can I
>> plug the external drive in there?
>
> YesBut. The only external drive cases for eSATA that I know of use a
> separate power supply, as the eSATA connection
> can't provide power for the drive.
>
> So it you are thinking about those cute little portable drives that
> connect to USB with only the one cable, I think not.
>
> OTOH, for light weight external drive connections, the USB on the little
> drives is fine.
>
> For connecting to a home eSATA drive, perfect! Just unplug from the main
> computer and plug into the portable computer
>
> Drive Me Batty Moose
>
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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