Powering a Hard Drive using USB to HDD adapter

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Earch22

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Hi! I have an IDE Hard Drive that I use in playing PS2 games on my old console. I also bought a USB to IDE/SATA Adapter for this purpose, so I can transfer the said games to the HDD via my desktop.

However, just this day I found out that the external power adapter is not working, so I have no way to power up the IDE hard drive.

Is it possible for me to access the hard drive if I connect it through usb while it is powered by the desktop's power supply? Thanks!
 
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Earch22

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Thanks for the replies! But what I meant was will the HDD function normally if I would use the CPU's power supply to power it up and use the USB to access the files?
 
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Yes, it should work like that. As matter of fact I'm using an adapter like that.

 
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fredfinks

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Oh i shouldnt have said SATA power, forgot you were on IDE.
You mean the 4pin MOLEX cable from PSU. yes that what i mean when i said it should work. unless the adapter pulls its power from its now broken power source instead of power from the USB. I doubt it though.

yes it should work however as i said i wouldnt want to keep that configuration going for too long. Power it up get the drives orr and throw the drive away or get a new adapter.

Its stated in the very first post.
 
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