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Fitting An Ide Drive In A Sata Only Pc
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<blockquote data-quote="OnOff" data-source="post: 304203" data-attributes="member: 16173"><p>OK I have a new HP Pro pc running Windows 7 Pro 64bit. It only has 4 SATA slots on the motherboard. One is used for the HDD and the other for the DVD leaving 2 spare.</p><p></p><p>I want (wanted?) to fit my old C: drive from my XP Pro machine. It's got a few issues tbh and though it works is SO slow it probably need Windows reinstalling etc. I tried networking it with the new pc but really I want all the data readily accessible.</p><p></p><p>So I purchased a bi-directional IDE to SATA Adapter from Maplin, this one:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.maplin.co.uk/ide-to-sata-or-sata-to-ide-adaptor-348037" target="_blank">http://www.maplin.co.uk/ide-to-sata-or-sata-to-ide-adaptor-348037</a></p><p></p><p>I found that the new HP PC only had bracketry for ONE HDD mounted vertically so I knocked a frame up to fit from an old cast off from a server at work.</p><p></p><p>I've now fitted the old IDE HDD in the new pc, plugged in the adapter then connected up the power and SATA leads as per the instructions. The SATA lead goes into a spare SATA slot on the board. BUT the new PC though WON'T see the IDE drive - not in Disc Management etc. The green LED on the adapter lights and that's about it. I've even tried the IDE jumpers on Master, Slave, Cable Select and even no jumper. The switch on the adapter is to "IDE to SATA" but I've tried the other way too. In the photo the SATA HDD is above and the IDE one below</p><p></p><p><a href="http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z346/clicon357/DSC00539.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z346/clicon357/DSC00539.jpg</a></p><p></p><p>Any thoughts?</p><p></p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OnOff, post: 304203, member: 16173"] OK I have a new HP Pro pc running Windows 7 Pro 64bit. It only has 4 SATA slots on the motherboard. One is used for the HDD and the other for the DVD leaving 2 spare. I want (wanted?) to fit my old C: drive from my XP Pro machine. It's got a few issues tbh and though it works is SO slow it probably need Windows reinstalling etc. I tried networking it with the new pc but really I want all the data readily accessible. So I purchased a bi-directional IDE to SATA Adapter from Maplin, this one: [URL="http://www.maplin.co.uk/ide-to-sata-or-sata-to-ide-adaptor-348037"]http://www.maplin.co.uk/ide-to-sata-or-sata-to-ide-adaptor-348037[/URL] I found that the new HP PC only had bracketry for ONE HDD mounted vertically so I knocked a frame up to fit from an old cast off from a server at work. I've now fitted the old IDE HDD in the new pc, plugged in the adapter then connected up the power and SATA leads as per the instructions. The SATA lead goes into a spare SATA slot on the board. BUT the new PC though WON'T see the IDE drive - not in Disc Management etc. The green LED on the adapter lights and that's about it. I've even tried the IDE jumpers on Master, Slave, Cable Select and even no jumper. The switch on the adapter is to "IDE to SATA" but I've tried the other way too. In the photo the SATA HDD is above and the IDE one below [URL="http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z346/clicon357/DSC00539.jpg"]http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z346/clicon357/DSC00539.jpg[/URL] Any thoughts? Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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