An odd fix to the Vista 64 Esata problem

I have been through all the problems and attempted fixes for m
Simpletech Pro 1000 Gb external drive to try to use Esata with my ne
Gateway and Vista Home premium, including swapping the drive for
replacement. No luck - it still would lock up the computer at times
even after being recognized in My Computer, Disk Manager, Device Manage
et al. It worked with usb, firewire, and, with Vista 32 - Esata)
The Fix: Boot with both the Firewire and Esata connected! I now ge
ESata speed- using HDTEST
Burst 113.5 MB/sec
Avg. Read 83.8 MB/sec
The drive was still not recognized on Boot as either an Esata drive o
firewire drive, but windows found it while I went for a cup of coffee.
hope the brand of coffee is not the fix.
I have been using it all day - no problems.
Any explanations/comments

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whturner