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i have an old family computer that hasnt been used in years (so old it has 256mb ddr-400mhz ram)it has a western digital caviar se 160gb hard drive. can i connect this to my computer to view the files?(it has sata ports)
will the old os interfier somehow with my current os?(i believe the old os might be windows 98)

 
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No, the OS on the drive won't interfere in any way; it would just show up as another drive letter. There could be a problem regarding the interface. If this old drive is IDE, you may not be able to connect it directly to a modern PC since IDE ports are all but extinct in new PCs. You can get a device like this to connect it via USB, however:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002
 
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before i pulled it, it was connected to the sata cable and sata power cable and it also states "master/slave jumper not required for SATA" so im guessing that means its sata and ive got the go ahead to plug in it?

 
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