Satellite L550 - specifications

Have looked through the research but no luck - just need to know if my satellite L550 with i5 4 g running Windows 7 Pro is able to support an external drive eSATA which I want to build as the usb ready mades take forever to backup, etc.

It has been suggested to me to find out if the mobo of my machine is able to "hot swap" and is in AHCI mode - but how do I know this info from the machine? Am fairly new at this stuff and any help would be really appreciated.

As a matter of interest too - if I can use such a device is he "retired" in the same way as a USB device?

Hi johndragon46,

What model of Satellite L550 say exactly?
I mean there are a lot of L550 models on the market

But as far as I know the eSATA port is supported of all models of laptops, but this has nothing to do with the AHCI mode. It is only important for internal HDD when you install Windows.

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