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Old April 23rd, 2010, 04:41 PM
seawolf seawolf is offline
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Re: Duplicating Files on Two Hard Drives to Make a Backup

With eSATA/USB, the eSATA provides the data path and the USB provides the power.

Yes, you will generally see improved performance over a straight USB external. The only caveat---don't overload the USB ports or you might possibly run out of power. I had that happen when I was running 2-USB external drives (cloning), a GPS transciever & a cordless mouse on an old HP laptop. POOF! Maybe it was a weak power supply, maybe I overloaded it.

DC