external USB cases?? can they?

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Neutrino Boy

I am faced with having to connect a standard IDE hard drive to a
machine from the outside. Can an external USB case be used for
this purpose? What about the power to the externally
connected-through USB port IDE hard drive? If so, where can I best
pick up one of these? Won't bore you with the details,
but this involves a data recovery attempt from the hard drive
using a machine I cannot open up, cuz it has the software I need
for the recovery. Thanks for any helpful information. IOW, I need
to be able to access an IDE hardrive from another machine without
opening the case.
 
Can an external USB case be used for
this purpose? What about the power to the externally
connected-through USB port IDE hard drive?
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My external USB case has its own PSU built-in, fed by mains power.
 
ADS makes a quality external USB2 case with ATA100 interface
for IDE drives. It has a separate power supply, and has a built in
cooling fan. I got it for about $60 at Circuit City. It's great for
formatting, partitioning, or erasing drives without having to
temporarily install them in a PC.
 
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