Use SATA to IDE adapter with Floppy drives

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jaffamanj

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I have a cheap SATA to IDE adapter in my computer wich i used for some old IDE HDDs and it worked flawlessly. I then wondered if i could use the SATA to IDE adapter for my old floppy drive too? I was thinking of just plugging in an floppy IDE cable to the adapter but i dont know for sure if it will work? I understand that a few pins of the IDE adapter wouldnt be in use but would it work anyway? Please tell me if anyone have had any experience with something like this before. :)
 
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nukemaster
Floppy drives generally did not have the same number of pins as IDE(or talk the same language).

A USB floppy drive may be a better option(since it will work).
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an ide hard drive and floppy drive do not have the same number of pins so that would not work. Like nuke said, just pick up a cheap usb floppy drive and use that. I have a stack of them at work since one of our old CNC machine still uses floppies to load its program.
 
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