In the hard drive inside SATA or IDE?
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It is a WD Scorpio Blue (SATA 3 Gb/s): http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=506 But newer revisions of the WD Passport seem to be unsuitable for use without the enclosure. See: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=307430
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I haven't tried SATA drive to IDE but I think others have (with varying degrees of success). Scan "Customer Reviews" and other "Questions and answers". I think you will find some useful comments about DVD drives and going from SATA drive to IDE. Good luck.
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It depends on what types of hard disk you use and what types of mount your board has for hard disk. Usually it will be SATA or IDE something. It has nothing to do with this adapter.
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the unit has a sata connection, but i used an adapter, from ide to sata, which used a molix, and powered the unit.
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It's SATA. I know this because I had to open mine up to extract the hard drive.Sadly.
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IDE is a parallel or PATA interface. SATA is a serial interface. So, it won't work directly, but you can get a serial to parallel interface cable to do the conversion.
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If I remember correctly the hard drive fits into a laptop hard drive adapter that slides into the laptop. It is a standard laptop SATA hard drive. Pull your hard drive out of the laptop, remember to remove your batter and AC adapter, then see if it has an adapter tray.
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I would say no, becaues a machine old enough to have Win95 will have IDE connections and not the SATA required by the drive. A more detail explanation of the difference is explained here http://www.diffen.com/difference/IDE_vs_SATA
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This item does not have IDE connection that connects to the motherboard. It has SATA and on-board USB support. The IDE connection is on the exterior of this device where you can connect a IDE peripheral to it (ex: HDD, Optical drive..etc).
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No, probably not SATA drives did not come out until after XP or Vista. For a laptop from early 2000's you will need an IDE connection.
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For ide hard drives the adapter will plug onto the hard drive and the sata cable will plug into the adapter.For sata drives the adapter will plug onto the hard drive and the ide cable will plug into the adapter. It is supposed to work with both drives.
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You'll need an IDE power connector to SATA power converter cable. They are cheap and easy to locate on the web for around $7.00 each. Search for "ide power to sata power adapter" that will return plenty of results.
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2 SATA drives & 2 IDE using (primary & slave) cable into the IDE connector.
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Ide Laptop USB cases are available or IDE 2.5 to 3.5 adapters will allow using as internal hard drive in desktop case.
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Is the hard drive a IDE hard drive or SATA hard drive? Is the Sabrent enclosure a IDE enclosure? When you plug the enclosure to the USB of your computer, does the LED light on the side of the enclosure light up? It will light up if the enclosure is receiving power from the computer USB port.Also, the USB cable that came with the enclosure has one single connector end and the other end has two connectors. Be sure to connect the single connector end to the enclosure. For the double connector end, connect the main connector to the USB port of your computer. The additional connector is for connecting to another USB port of your computer to give more power to the enclosure. Is the hard drive a IDE hard drive or SATA hard drive? Is the Sabrent enclosure a IDE enclosure? When you plug the enclosure to the USB of your computer, does the LED light on the side of the enclosure light up? It will light up if the enclosure is receiving power from the computer USB port.Also, the USB cable that came with the enclosure has one single connector end and the other end has two connectors. Be sure to connect the single connector end to the enclosure. For the double connector end, connect the main connector to the USB port of your computer. The additional connector is... » Read More Is the hard drive a IDE hard drive or SATA hard drive? Is the Sabrent enclosure a IDE enclosure? When you plug the enclosure to the USB of your computer, does the LED light on the side of the enclosure light up? It will light up if the enclosure is receiving power from the computer USB port.Also, the USB cable that came with the enclosure has one single connector end and the other end has two connectors. Be sure to connect the single connector end to the enclosure. For the double connector end, connect the main connector to the USB port of your computer. The additional connector is for connecting to another USB port of your computer to give more power to the enclosure. « Show Less
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I have nothing to add to the other comments. I carelessly bought this housing for use with a SATA drive and found, after it came, that it is definitely only IDE. The only good or bad news is that it is so cheap it is not worth the cost and hassle of returning it. Who knows, I may turn up an IDE drive some day that I urgently need to plug in to a computer for some weird reason. It is a nice looking little box.
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You can hook up 2 hard drives on the IDE cable if there is room or 2 connector blocks open. Would recommend getting a SATA card and then you could install 2 hard drives on that (much faster drive)