Will this work with WOW gateway?
I am confused because I saw that esata and usb are different types of connections. The gateway has an esata and usb connection on back. I talked to WOW and they said it had to be an esata drive but they also said the usb connection on the back is a usb 3 connection. Is an esata drive different than a usb drive? I had thought that just about all external HDD's were esata but i guess i was wrong
I'm not familiar with WOW gateway but if the company said they have a USB drive port on the back, the passport IS a USB3 drive therefore it should be compatible with the port. It may be that their software is set tto only recognize the ESATA port. I would call WOW back and ask the questions again for clarification. As far as ESATA is concerned, very few drives are ESATA, most are USB 2 or USB 3. ESATA is faster in real life than USB 3 but not nearly as friendly to use. ESATA is not usually "hot swappable" and requires special cables to work. The cables are often "touchy" and may disconnect. Not worth the trouble in my opinion. I bought 1 ESATA drive. I never bought another one.FWIW
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