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Russ in Mira Mesa
Sep 25, 2008, 12:25:41 AM9/25/08
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On Sep 22, 1:15 am, Bart Bailey <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> I recently got a replacement machine that only uses SATA drives and I
> have some older IDE drives I'd like to harvest data from. Someone
> suggested an external drive bay, or something like that, I could connect
> through a USB socket. Is such a thing available, what's it called, and
> about what price range?
> I'm assuming there's no simple converter cable since I think the
> mainboard interfaces each type different, and some adaptive circuitry is
> needed.
> I recently got a replacement machine that only uses SATA drives and I
> have some older IDE drives I'd like to harvest data from. Someone
> suggested an external drive bay, or something like that, I could connect
> through a USB socket. Is such a thing available, what's it called, and
> about what price range?
> I'm assuming there's no simple converter cable since I think the
> mainboard interfaces each type different, and some adaptive circuitry is
> needed.
It would be an IDE drive enclosure. They're very commonly available,
e.g., off the shelf at Fry's, or at Computer Geeks (http://
www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PM-525F2-EOB&cpc=SCH)
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