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**zuluclayman** · 04-11-2008, 09:28 PM

I am planning to replace my son's system - he's currently running an old HP that only has IDE connections for his HD. The new system will only have SATA (unless I want to share the CD/DVD and his old IDE HD which I've read is not really a good idea)
What I am trying to avoid is having to reload all his software - much of which is freeware/shareware that he has not kept the download files for

He has the disks for all his major software but still takes time etc.

My question:
Can you get SATA to IDE adapters? and are they any good? (oops 2 questions in one

) If they are any good I could use the old IDE drive as a system drive and the new drive as a storage drive

04-11-2008, 09:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
zuluclayman Design Team Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Newcastle, Australia Posts: 3,049 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium My System	IDE drive onto SATA mobo I am planning to replace my son's system - he's currently running an old HP that only has IDE connections for his HD. The new system will only have SATA (unless I want to share the CD/DVD and his old IDE HD which I've read is not really a good idea) What I am trying to avoid is having to reload all his software - much of which is freeware/shareware that he has not kept the download files for He has the disks for all his major software but still takes time etc. My question: Can you get SATA to IDE adapters? and are they any good? (oops 2 questions in one) If they are any good I could use the old IDE drive as a system drive and the new drive as a storage drive Last edited by zuluclayman; 04-11-2008 at 09:30 PM.