SATA ----> IDE conversion?

[kisner33]

hey all, my old p.o.s. WD HD finally *** the bed, so I went and bought a new seagate barracuda which is SATA. Problem is, my board is IDE. Is there anyway I can convert this to work with my mobo? Keep in mind, I won't be able to install any 3rd party drivers as I'm going to have to reinstall windows. Any suggetsions ASIDE from just buying an IDE drive?

 

[pinaplex]

http://www.cooldrives.com/satoidecofor.html

you can try to use this, but there's no guarantee that your system will recognize the SATA drive properly.

 

[tonyn84]

They make pci-slot sata controller cards, newegg lists them with the raid cards. Depending on your version of windows you may not need to have drivers on hand for setup, but they typically include a cd in case.

 

[HTDuro]

me i used this like 10 time on old pc i repair and it always work, just set it ok in bios, for the price .. its perfect

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10407&cs_id=1040701&p_id=2663&seq=1&format=2

 

[dallasjoh]

me i used this like 10 time on old pc i repair and it always work, just set it ok in bios, for the price .. its perfect

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10407&cs_id=1040701&p_id=2663&seq=1&format=2

That won't work because he needs to go from a SATA HDD to IDE not IDE to SATA!!!

 

[Ignatowski]

15 bux for a sata to ide adapter or 20 bux for a pci sata controller.

i'd buy the controller.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=sata+to+ide&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=1054554910712509756&ei=zgDxSbbgFZWSswOUlPjtCg&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&resnum=3&ct=result#ps-sellers

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=sata+pci&cid=7791906582002682023&sa=title#ps-sellers

 

[baggio4378]

I recently bought this http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139072 for my IDE hard disk and DVD-RW to connect to my sata board. Works well but make sure you have enough power cables to spare. It comes with a sata cable and molex to floppy power cable

 

[photonboy]

The one directly above is the wrong one.

Ignatowski makes a good point.

If I were you I'd look around for an IDE drive. You can get a 500GB WD for about $99 CDN or $85 US, possibly cheaper.

The IDE2SATA would negate any advantage SATA drives might have such as NCQ or highspeed burst cache. The SATA Controller might be difficult to get working properly.

Again, I say get a regular IDE drive while you can still find a suitable one as they're disappearing.