READ / transfer files from my old PATA drive

Can anyone tell me if this can be done..My old pc died, but i know the drive

works so any help please my new pc is SATA Thanx from Don

On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:39:00 -0800 (PST), 66oldgit
wrote:

Can anyone tell me if this can be done..My old pc died, but i know the drive

works so any help please my new pc is SATA Thanx from Don

Sure, does the new PC have a USB port? If so, all you need us a USB to
PATA adapter. You can get that either by that name directly, or buy a
cheap USB external drive housing (making sure it's an old one that
accepts a PATA drive, not SATA). Once connected up it's just a matter
of copying the files you want.

On 1/13/2014 3:39 PM, 66oldgit wrote:
Can anyone tell me if this can be done..My old pc died, but i know the drive

works so any help please my new pc is SATA Thanx from Don


Get a USB 3.5" disk enclosure, with internal IDE connector.
Your computer needs a USB connector on the back.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817145132

Get a USB to 3-in-1 adapter, which has two IDE connectors
and a SATA connector, as well as a USB cable. These work with
any of the common hard drive form factors. Your computer
needs a USB connector on the back.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...9SIA2BP0U33777

They also make SATA to IDE adapters. The trick with these,
is some are bidirectional, some are unidirectional. There
are SATA to IDE and IDE to SATA ones. It's possible to buy
the wrong one. Some of these don't work with ATAPI (optical)
drives properly. Maybe five years ago, you could buy a "good"
one, now we're left with the dregs in terms of chips to make
them. The "form factor" of these, hints at the usage (whether they
work in one-drive or two-drive configurations and so on). Nice when
they work. I missed my opportunity to buy a particular "good" one,
as they didn't sell that model in my country. And I refused to
pay an extortionate brokerage fee at the time, to import it.
The brokerage charge would have cost as much as the adapter.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812186078

With that last adapter type, there isn't always room to use it.
Laying the disk on the table top, is how you solve that problem.
As long as the cabling is long enough to reach the computer,
while the side panel is off for the SATA connection.

Paul

On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:39:00 -0800 (PST), 66oldgit
wrote:

Can anyone tell me if this can be done..My old pc died, but i know the drive

works so any help please my new pc is SATA Thanx from Don

The easiest answer would be an external docking bay. Something like
this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...9SIA3U71888523

(I'm *NOT* vouching for the specific item, it's simply the first one I
found that would do the job.)