ESata Expresscard 34 - how do I use it?

An Addonics eSata expresscard that I inserted into the expresscard slot on my Macbook Pro is not being recognized because I see a little item appearing on the menu bar. However, I have on idea on how to get it to recognize the hard disk it is connected to. Also, the lights on the eSata do not light up - I assume that this will happen once the hard disk is recognized?
Message was edited by: mapexvenus

I finally got it working, but am somewhat disappointed with the results. I find that it takes longer to transfer a file from my external drive to the internal drive via eSata than Firewire 800. Do I need to configure the eSata expresscard? I thought data transfer was supposed to go much faster than FW 800.

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