would i be able to fit a pata hard drive into a sata enclosure with this adapter attached?
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I can not say for sure , but I am pretty confident it will work the adaptor dose not take up much if any additional space. I hope this helps
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This is SATA to IDE/PATA. So SATA drive into an IDE enclosure, yes, but IDE to SATA, probably not. Not without a cable/adapter to reverse the gender of the SATA connector (male to female). The connector on this is male and so is the connector on SATA drives. You would need at about an inch, since the adapter is about 3/4 inch to the outside edge of the connectors, plus a little more space for cables. So maybe, if space allows. I did use this in a larger enclosure and an old XP box, so I could use a SATA drive in place of an old IDE. Works pretty good for those :)
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This is a SATA to IDE/PATA adapter, so SATA drive into an IDE enclosure, yes, but the reverse doesn't seem to be possible since the SATA connector on this adapter is male, to fit into a SATA drive, with a female IDE connector... BUT ... If it was possible you would need at least an inch, or so, since the adapter is about 3/4 of an inch "wide" to the outside edge of either connector, then add more space for cable connectors, etc., so all-in-all I would say "no" and "not worth the time/trouble :( I would look at this "HDE SATA to IDE/IDE to SATA Drive Interface Adapter" maybe ... but space is an issue... good luck :)
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There are some that go that way (and some that switch, both ways, SATA-IDE and IDE-SATA) but this one puts a new SATA drive in your old IDE box. Watch out for room; this makes your new drive a tad deeper, so check when closing the case, that it will fit. Fry's just sold me a switcheroo that plugs into your IDE connector, so it stands up off the motherboard. Closing my old Dell workstation tower bent the !@#$ out of the connectors. That's why I ordered this, claps on the back of the drive. I may even put a couple double-stick foam tabs to insulate and keep it on there (per another comment about vibration). There are some that go that way (and some that switch, both ways, SATA-IDE and IDE-SATA) but this one puts a new SATA drive in your old IDE box. Watch out for room; this makes your new drive a tad deeper, so check when closing the case, that it will fit. Fry's just sold me a switcheroo that plugs into your IDE connector, so it stands up off the motherboard. Closing my old Dell workstation tower bent the !@#$ out of the connectors. That's why I ordered this, claps on the back of the drive. I may even put a couple double-stick foam tabs to insulate and keep it on there (per another comment... » Read More There are some that go that way (and some that switch, both ways, SATA-IDE and IDE-SATA) but this one puts a new SATA drive in your old IDE box. Watch out for room; this makes your new drive a tad deeper, so check when closing the case, that it will fit. Fry's just sold me a switcheroo that plugs into your IDE connector, so it stands up off the motherboard. Closing my old Dell workstation tower bent the !@#$ out of the connectors. That's why I ordered this, claps on the back of the drive. I may even put a couple double-stick foam tabs to insulate and keep it on there (per another comment about vibration). « Show Less
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Only if you're Doctor Who (it's bigger on the inside!). You put the mSATA card directly in here, no adapter required. That adapter would require a 2.5 inch SATA enclosure.
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There is another enclosure by Acomdata specifically for PATA drives. It only supports USB2.0 connections, not Firewire.
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Yes this is compatible with IDE(ATA), SATA, AND PATA. One caution, if the drive you are connecting to it, has a circuit problem, it may blow a component in the power supply, because the power supply is not fused. I blew a diode in one of mine; glad I bought a couple extra ones.
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It depends on the sata port you are trying to use with the adapter. Mine did not work with an adapter (I have an old motherboard, apparently the on-board sata ports didn't like being used with an adapter), I got an esata card and it has been working great for nearly 2 years.
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This is a standard USB to standard SATA adapter, so the size of the drive shouldn't matter. This should work just fine for you.
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this would be a PATA drive to my knowledge. SATA has a small slot style connector instead of all the pins
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I do not have nor have I worked with Windows NT, but I believe that it would work fine. This adapter is what converts the wires correctly, not the computer. Just make sure that what you are attempting is a PATA motherboard to a SATA drive, & not the reverse.
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Check this out. http://www.amazon.com/HDE%C2%AE-SATA-Drive-Interface-Adapter/dp/B0096BEJDI/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_text_y I got this by mistake when I wanted the other. This is a board that sticks straight from the back of the hard drive, so space may be a problem.
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No it will not, but there are other adapters that will allow you to go from ide to sata. Just go to amazon and type in pata/ide to sata adapter.
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Double check if your system requires a sata or pata hard drive. Because I think this is a sata and most computers I've dealt with come pata standard. The difference will cost you about 15 bucks in a converter board.
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It should fit that thicker drive...as long as there is room in your box. There is not anything on the adapter itself that would limit thickness.
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Mine did not work. This drive is sata and I needed a pata drive. Double check. I have done these replacements before And they work great. Just do your research and insure you are purchasing the correct interface.
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No, this adapter is for putting an msata drive in a computer that has a standard sata connector.
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Yes. The SATA connector actually has 2 parts. The first, the data connector, is the smaller of the two. The second, the power connector, is the wider one. This adapter includes both data and power adapters to allow connection to this type of drive.
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If your disk matches the format supported by this device, yes. IDE/PATA/SATA
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If your old hard drive is the 2.5 inch laptop size hard drive and have a SATA 1, SATA 2, or SATA 3 connector, then it should work.If your old hard drive is from a desktop, (3.5 inch ), it is too big for this enclosure.SATA connectors have a combination 7 pins for data separated by a spacer for 15 pins for power. Wikipedia have a nice pic of the SATA connector that this enclosure will support. Hope that helps you.