Swap internal to external

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hello -

I have some old IDE drives from a fried computer that
I want to get the data off them.

I was wondering if I could just "plug" them into a USB
external case. Then, I could just plug the USB into a
working computer.

These are old IDE drives. I see some external cases
on www.cyberguys.com that imply that this can be done.

Anyone ever try this?

Thanks,
bruce
 
Simple answer to this one .... NO

However you could by a PCI ide card to connect them to .
Or if u have ide on ur comp try connecting them to that.
I know of now programm that will allow u to connect them straight to
usb.
Hope this has helped u.

Rgrds Steve ( turk2045 )
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It might work. They probably never test the USB-IDE chips with pre-UDMA
drives.

You can also get just the USB-IDE adapter for under $10, often used by techs.
 
hello -

I have some old IDE drives from a fried computer that
I want to get the data off them.

I was wondering if I could just "plug" them into a USB
external case. Then, I could just plug the USB into a
working computer.

These are old IDE drives. I see some external cases
on www.cyberguys.com that imply that this can be done.

Anyone ever try this?
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Sure, if there's no problem with them, that will work. If you need to
image them or use forensic/data recovery programs on them however,
then you're better off either opening your case or using a removable drive
tray and just attaching them to one of the internal IDE cables on your
recovery machine.
 
turk2045 said:
Simple answer to this one .... NO
Wotasimpleton.


However you could by a PCI ide card to connect them to .
Or if u have ide on ur comp try connecting them to that.
I know of now programm that will allow u to connect them straight to
usb.
Hope this has helped u.

Rgrds Steve ( turk2045 )
(e-mail address removed)
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rr said:
hello -

I have some old IDE drives from a fried computer that
I want to get the data off them.

I was wondering if I could just "plug" them into a USB
external case. Then, I could just plug the USB into a
working computer.

These are old IDE drives. I see some external cases
on www.cyberguys.com that imply that this can be done.

Anyone ever try this?

Thanks,
bruce
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I did that and got the data off the old IDE drive. The drive in the
external enclosure was jumpered as master.
 
hello -

I have some old IDE drives from a fried computer that
I want to get the data off them.

I was wondering if I could just "plug" them into a USB
external case. Then, I could just plug the USB into a
working computer.

These are old IDE drives. I see some external cases
on www.cyberguys.com that imply that this can be done.

Anyone ever try this?
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Yes and it worked just fine.
 
Simple answer to this one .... NO

However you could by a PCI ide card to connect them to .
Or if u have ide on ur comp try connecting them to that.
I know of now programm that will allow u to connect them
straight to usb.
Hope this has helped u.

Rgrds Steve ( turk2045 )
(e-mail address removed)
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Rubbish.
 
Of course swapping works, external drives are common now.
Just wondering how much slower, if at all USB 2 is compared to a IDE?
 
Of course swapping works, external drives are common now.
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Just wondering how much slower, if at all USB 2 is compared to a IDE?
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It is measurably slower using a benchmark but its
unlikely most users would notice much with data drives.
 
Rod Speed said:
It is measurably slower using a benchmark but its
unlikely most users would notice much with data drives.
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Would one notice a difference if one is doing video transferring, say, in
the form of lost frames?
 
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