convertor or adapter

redvanman

I am trying to put my old ide hard drive into my new computer which is sata hard drive, Do I need a convertor, adapter or both. cheers.

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depends if it has any ide channels free

usb caddy would do the same thing

Figment

One of these

Toxteth_OGrady

Figment wrote: »

One of these

Neat - hadn't seen one of those before. :T

Naf

Even new motherboards often still have a set of IDE pins on them...

colin79666

To be honest I'd get my data off the IDE drive and securely wipe it before disposing. An IDE drive is likely to be fairly old and near the end of its life by now.

redvanman

Thanks for the replies, I bought one of the converters for a fiver plugged it in the orange light came on but my computer did not seem to seem recognize it.

Ainsley1

Have you got the drive jumpers set correctly?
I have had a (similar) converter and it worked fine.

spud17

I've tried 3 of those converters, from cheap to more expensive.
None of them worked, tried all the jumper settings, different HDs, different PCs.
One (not the cheapest) blew the psu as soon as it was powered up.


The only thing that worked, and continues to work some months on, is

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Port-SATA-IDE-UDMA-Serial-ATA-Raid-Controller-PCI-Slot-Card-for-Hard-Drive-HDD-/280772490010?ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:GB:3160

+ really fast delivery.

Also allows you to fit SATA to IDE only mobo, not all of the previously mentioned adapters are bi-directional.

Figment

redvanman wrote: »

Thanks for the replies, I bought one of the converters for a fiver plugged it in the orange light came on but my computer did not seem to seem recognize it.

Right click on Computer. Click Manage. Is the drive listed?