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Well I tested it with Seatools for DOS, it seems like it's not compatible with Win 8. I just tested it against the 2tb Seagate drive in my computer. It was somewhat slower but that could be because of the controller and eSata. Anyway it tested out ok. I also installed and tested the drive with...

You're probably right. I got the enclosure on sale at Newegg, and can't afford anything else right now. At the time I knew nothing about RAID controllers.

Wrong Again! The correct amount showing 21 hours was about 100 gigabytes, 1/10 tb. It's been a long night....I really need to take a nap.

Ooops! Oops...my bad...I meant to tranfer about a terrabyte, not a gigabyte. That would be even more horrible!

Stereodude: Thanks for posting the tables. Makes my RAID look like crap even when it was running well. I'm sure it doesn't use the best controller. I got the enclosure from Newegg on sale for $99. However 130-150 MB/S is perfectly fine for my transfers. 1-3 MB/S is not. For awhile it was...

Bozo: Thanks for your reply. That's what I'm wondering also. If the drive is doing some "extra activities", and will speed up later.

Thank you P4-133XL for replying. I'm looking at write speeds, since I'm almost always transferring files to the RAID, except in a case like yesterday where I backed up the RAID to my computer disk and reinitialized the disk after I installed the 4th drive. I bought the drives one at a time and...

I have a 4-bay iView RAID enclosure with a Jmicron controller using eSATA. I've been running RAID 5 with three Seagate ST3000DM001 3TB drives. I have been getting generally around 125-130 mbs transfer speed (shown by Windows 8. I just got my 4th drive (same kind). I backed up everything on it...

Thanks ddrueding.....a lot of interesting stuff on these boards.

I got it working! I went to the Dell site and installed the eSATA driver again and the computer recognized the drive before it was even done installing. I don't know what happened because the driver hasn't been updated since I last installed it. Thanks everyone for all your help!

Ok, gotcha. The chipset in the PC is SIL3132

Mercutio: You're absolutely right, it's a JMicron controller. Sorry, should have double-checked.

mubs: Lol, you beat me too it, I posted before I read your reply.

Mercutio: I believe the enclosure has a JLM chipset. The cable they supplied is about 3', but the one I ordered is 6'. I didn't know that long cables were wonky. Like I mentioned before, if my computer was lacking the port multiplier feature wouldn't one drive still show up if I had the RAID...

LunarMist: I already have a porn multiplier, hehe, too much of it on my hard drive. Seriously though, it seems that even if the eSATA host didn't support port multiplier it would still show one drive. I will see if I can find out if my puter supports thats. Thanks for helping.

Newtun: Thanks, I'm 25 miles from town but next time I go in I'll give that a try.

Re: eSATA not working Thanks, ddrueding. I can't find the eSATA port on the motherboard. I just have one internal drive. I ordered a cable from eBay and will try it when it arrives. Disk Management and device manager just show the internal drive.

I have an Alienware Aurora ALX a few years old with a Core i7 (first gen). Recently I got a 4-bay RAID enclosure and ordered three 3TB drives. I just received the second drive today. The eSATA connection is not working. It works fine with USB. In the BIOS eSATA is enabled. Is there any other...