Putting a IDE drive into a SATA HD pc

bwasyl · 03-18-2008, 11:14 AM

My Computer died and I bought a new one, but it has a SATA HD. I need to temporarily attach my IDE Western Digitals HD to my computer to retrieve some of my files.

What is the simpliest way to do that. (My 1 IDE has Xp on it and the other just files.)

Thanks so much for helping.

dukemtl · 03-18-2008, 11:29 AM

1st option) Buy a IDE / USB 2 hard drive enclosure. This is the easiest way to retrieve your data from old hdd.

2nd option) Buy a IDE to SATA converter kit. Might cost less, but you have to open up your new computer.

**kodi** · 03-18-2008, 12:33 PM

Take the IDE and power cable from your CD/DVD drive and connect them to the Hardrive, if the drive will be on the end of the cable make sure the jumper is set as master and if it is in the middle of the cable set it as slave.
Boot the computer and you should be able to read the drive

bwasyl · 03-19-2008, 08:45 AM

Thank you very much for information. I like the idea of the enclosure. It has nice versatility.

03-18-2008, 11:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
bwasyl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 OS: vista home premium	Putting a IDE drive into a SATA HD pc My Computer died and I bought a new one, but it has a SATA HD. I need to temporarily attach my IDE Western Digitals HD to my computer to retrieve some of my files. What is the simpliest way to do that. (My 1 IDE has Xp on it and the other just files.) Thanks so much for helping.

03-18-2008, 11:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
dukemtl Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 30 OS: w2k, xp sp2, vista	Re: Putting a IDE drive into a SATA HD pc 1st option) Buy a IDE / USB 2 hard drive enclosure. This is the easiest way to retrieve your data from old hdd. 2nd option) Buy a IDE to SATA converter kit. Might cost less, but you have to open up your new computer.

03-18-2008, 12:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
kodi Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 7,396 OS: Windows 7-Ultimate 64 Bit My System	Re: Putting a IDE drive into a SATA HD pc Take the IDE and power cable from your CD/DVD drive and connect them to the Hardrive, if the drive will be on the end of the cable make sure the jumper is set as master and if it is in the middle of the cable set it as slave. Boot the computer and you should be able to read the drive __________________ Brian

03-19-2008, 08:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
bwasyl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 OS: vista home premium	Re: Putting a IDE drive into a SATA HD pc Thank you very much for information. I like the idea of the enclosure. It has nice versatility.