I have an Ide internal hard drive I replaced in my computer and I need one
of those devices that you plug the drive into and then plug a USB into your
computer so you can access the data on the old drive. What is that device
called.



Walt

"Walter Goldschmidt" <wgold@newsgroup> wrote in message
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> I have an Ide internal hard drive I replaced in my computer and I need one
> of those devices that you plug the drive into and then plug a USB into
> your computer so you can access the data on the old drive. What is that
> device called.
>
> Walt

External Hard drive enclosure. Google it for many sources.

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCateg...nal-Enclosures
is one but again many more and possibly cheaper than neweggs.

Ensure that it will accept IDE (or PATA) drive, not SATA drive which is a
different interface with the drive.

"Walter Goldschmidt" <wgold@newsgroup> wrote in message
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>I have an Ide internal hard drive I replaced in my computer and I need one
>of those devices that you plug the drive into and then plug a USB into your
>computer so you can access the data on the old drive. What is that device
>called.

USB to IDE adapter. Several variations exist. The safest being to put the
drive into an external enclosure. The quick-and-dirty route being to use a
bare adapter that just plugs into the drive itself, along with a power
supply. Typically around $10 on fleabay.

Thanks, I got an external enclosure.

Walt

"Bill Kearney" <wkearney99#at#hotmail#dot#com> wrote in message
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>
> "Walter Goldschmidt" <wgold@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:hrluu5$5uh$1@newsgroup-september.org...

>>I have an Ide internal hard drive I replaced in my computer and I need one
>>of those devices that you plug the drive into and then plug a USB into
>>your computer so you can access the data on the old drive. What is that
>>device called.

>
> USB to IDE adapter. Several variations exist. The safest being to put
> the drive into an external enclosure. The quick-and-dirty route being to
> use a bare adapter that just plugs into the drive itself, along with a
> power supply. Typically around $10 on fleabay.