Windows 10: Only one drive is showing up in Windows 10, connected using eSATA port multiplier

Hi, same question as in this thread ...

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/esata-drive-not-recognized-in-w10/44f105e8-3ee7-42fa-85ac-aca5803c59ff


My hardware/BIOS configuration used to work like a charme under Windows 7. I have a "sil3726" based eSata port multiplier.

Before installing Windows 10, I was seeing all the drives attached to it, now I see only one... what's going on? Please help.


I'm already at you latest update, troubleshoot, tried to update drivers, I even subscribed to your preview program and got the super latest builds.


p.s. the setup works like a charme on linux... but I really really wanted to have a couple of partitions be used by windows in software raid1


Any feedback? I got the feeling that I have a setup that is quite uncommon among your userbase. But I can't believe you got nobody doing this on the Server edition... shall I switch to that? Will I have the money back of my current Windows 10 Pro 64bit license?


regards,

GMS







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How Can I Get Windows 10 to "See" my External Hard Drive in the eSata Port?

Hello -

Thank you for your reply. I'm afraid, though, that you missed my statement of the problem. I am having no trouble at all with my USB connection - in fact, the connection to the drive using my USB port works perfectly.

The problem I am having is with connection to the external hard drive using my
eSata port.

I contacted the manufacturer about this and was told that there are no drivers, that "modern" operating systems contain all the info needed to control the drive.

To me, Windows 10 does not appear to be searching for something attached to the
eSata port. When I plug the drive into the
USB port, the OS quickly recognizes the drive, and it pops up with a "what do you want to do with these files" window -
no problem there. When I plug it into the
eSata port - nothing at all happens. With Windows 7 (my previous OS), the drive is recognized in either port. I was using the
eSata port previously, and I would like to continue using it (to free up my USB ports for other uses).

So - stating the problem briefly ... Windows 10 does not see my device when I plug it into the
eSata port.
How do I get Windows 10 to recognize an eSata device?

Thank you,

- Amy