can I add a sata drive to an IDE system using the second female connecter on the single ribbon cable via a male ide connector to sata converter? Want this temporary so I can get data off the sata drive. Sata drive is faulty and by connecting direct to the PC this way, it may work long enough for me to get the data off it.
second hdd (sata) into IDE system
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maxwellmelon
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yes it would work but I would suggest aginsit it
if the drive is faulty I would consider getting a sata to usb adapter.
a bad hard drive on an ide connector can cause the computer to lock up during boot when windows finds the other drive sometimes (even though its not the boot drive windows does some things during boot and if the drive doesn't respond correctly the boot will fail) and because an ide connector is not hot swappable (connect while computer is powered on) you have to have the bad drive hooked up before you power on the system.
a usb is just a better option.
if the drive is faulty I would consider getting a sata to usb adapter.
a bad hard drive on an ide connector can cause the computer to lock up during boot when windows finds the other drive sometimes (even though its not the boot drive windows does some things during boot and if the drive doesn't respond correctly the boot will fail) and because an ide connector is not hot swappable (connect while computer is powered on) you have to have the bad drive hooked up before you power on the system.
a usb is just a better option.
I have tried that of course as it is an external drive, but it is not recognised by the PC or Laptop and that is why I though of connecting it directly into the PC to see if that changes things so I can get the data from it and then dump it.
If it is not recognized with native connection, you have zero chances with an adapter (USB or IDE).
Plug It into your computer' internal SATA port, with power coming from computer' PSU. If you don't have spare connections - disconnect your primary disk, you need is to make sure you can see it in BIOS.
Plug It into your computer' internal SATA port, with power coming from computer' PSU. If you don't have spare connections - disconnect your primary disk, you need is to make sure you can see it in BIOS.
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