Is this Hard Disc SATA or PATA

atlantis187

I'm got an old hard drive that got took out of my old time computers laptop. I'm wanting to buy an enclosure and use this as an externall hard drive. I'm confused what type the hard drive this is wether its SATA or PATA.

How do I find this out?

Thanks

Antispam

Sata

http://www.mysuperpc.com/build/sata_hard_drive_connectors_jumpers_2.jpg

Pata

http://mergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/ts_e5k100-connector-pata_lr.jpg

Sata is a small connection Pata is not

Nilrem

Is the connector at the back of the drive about 2" long and spiky? (lots of pins), or fairly small and flat?

If it's got a lot of pins (40) it's PATA, if it's got a small flat connection it's SATA.

atlantis187

Antispam wrote: »

Sata

http://www.mysuperpc.com/build/sata_hard_drive_connectors_jumpers_2.jpg

Pata

http://mergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/ts_e5k100-connector-pata_lr.jpg

Sata is a small connection Pata is not

Looking at the pics above I reckon its looks more like a PATA drive.

Can u reccomend me a decent enclosure I could purchase that will work with this. I've been looking on ebay they are fairly cheap but there's soo many to choose from.

Thanks

NeverInDebt

Have you tried ebuyer that usually sell them quite cheap

http:// www. ebuyer. com /search?q=pata+had+drive+enclosure&x=44&y=11

how about this one IDE is Pata

http:// www. ebuyer. com /product/ 136250 (I have to leave spaces due to cant post links)

macman

If it's an old Time laptop then it's certain to be PATA.

esuhl

Be careful about buying cheap HDD caddy's on eBay. The one I bought was supposed to be solid aluminium, with a cooling fan and came in a box with a lot of references to how cool it kept your hard drives.

I installed a disk, formatted it, and half way through it failed. I opened the case, cut myself on the unfinished (non-aluminium) metal, then burnt myself on the hard drive. It was INSANELY hot!

Personally, I'd either get a cheap cable (without a case for the drive) so you can plug the drive into a PC, but keep it in the open air to ensure it stays cool, or get an external drive from a decent manufacturer.

Update: The caddy I bought actually had IDE (PATA) and SATA controllers, so you can use both types of drive.

Rui_Santos

esuhl wrote: »

Be careful about buying cheap HDD caddy's on eBay. The one I bought was supposed to be solid aluminium, with a cooling fan and came in a box with a lot of references to how cool it kept your hard drives.

I installed a disk, formatted it, and half way through it failed. I opened the case, cut myself on the unfinished (non-aluminium) metal, then burnt myself on the hard drive. It was INSANELY hot!

Personally, I'd either get a cheap cable (without a case for the drive) so you can plug the drive into a PC, but keep it in the open air to ensure it stays cool, or get an external drive from a decent manufacturer.

Update: The caddy I bought actually had IDE (PATA) and SATA controllers, so you can use both types of drive.

oh is there no guarantee for the product that you bought?