WD500 connected to a PC

[claymoore]

I had changed Cable providers and my DVR Expander is no longer compatible with the box my current provider uses. I thought I could use this as an extra drive for my PC. I was able to reformat the drive to use with my PC, and assigned a driver letter. But now, everytime I reboot my computer, or change login users, the drive disappears. It will only show up if I unplug the eSATA cable and then plug it back in again. Any ideas? Thanks!

PC Info “HP Pavilion Elite e9180t Intel Core i7-950 3.06GHz 12GB Ram 500GB Raid 0”

[Ardvark]

Well that’s kinda odd…

WD Esata drives are not hotswappable - meaning they shouldn’t mount if you disconnect and reconnect them. They should come up only if they are plugged in at boot. How long is your eSata cable?

[TonyPh12345]

WD Esata drives are not hotswappable 

eSata and SATA are pretty much the same thing; and most SATA drives (if not all) ARE hot-swappable.

I’ve even swapped SATA drives on my MOBO while powered up with no issues… 

[Ardvark]

SATA is usually HSable, however eSATA depends on the actual drive. According to WD they are not in any case…

WD says otherwise…

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=486