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Computers and Software => Computers and Software - General => Topic started by: 3Deep on January 23, 2018, 01:09:09 PM

Title: Hard drive acess
Post by: 3Deep on January 23, 2018, 01:09:09 PM

I have an old 98 hard drive I'd like to look in and get some old art out, is it possible to to just use it as a slave drive on an XP,win7 or 10 system since I have all 3.... thanks in advance for the help.

darryl

Title: Re: Hard drive acess
Post by: ebscreen on January 23, 2018, 01:12:21 PM

Shouldn't be an issue. Drive itself might have a select jumper on it to set it to slave.
Make sure you do that otherwise it will try and boot from it.

98 was a long time ago, hope that bad boy still spins!

Title: Re: Hard drive acess
Post by: mk162 on January 23, 2018, 01:21:03 PM

better yet I would see if I could get an external hard drive dock for cheap online and go that route.  I have 2 or 3 here and it makes it so easy to check out old drives.

Title: Re: Hard drive acess
Post by: kingscreen on January 23, 2018, 01:54:21 PM

We bought a dock for about $15 a few years ago. It turns any HD into an external basically.

Title: Re: Hard drive acess
Post by: 3Deep on January 23, 2018, 02:06:37 PM

Thanks, I'll  check that out, just  might be the ticket

Title: Re: Hard drive acess
Post by: screenxpress on January 23, 2018, 02:09:33 PM

I think the jumper still has to be set for a slave, even with the docking box (station, w/e).

Title: Re: Hard drive acess
Post by: ebscreen on January 23, 2018, 02:15:10 PM

I'd imagine most docks would be sata as opposed to ide though.

Title: Re: Hard drive acess
Post by: GraphicDisorder on January 23, 2018, 02:19:13 PM

Probably harder to find a IDE dock/external encloser these days. Not that its impossible but not on the shelf at Best Buy or something I suspect.

Title: Re: Hard drive acess
Post by: Admiral on January 23, 2018, 02:30:08 PM

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0052VC8M0/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0052VC8M0/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

This is what I have - has an IDE adapter.  Several come with adapters but yea IDE is going to die off completely very soon.

Title: Re: Hard drive acess
Post by: BlueMoonMatt on January 23, 2018, 02:36:34 PM

They sell IDE/SATA to USB adapters on Amazon for pretty cheap.
https://www.amazon.com/SANOXY-A12940-Drive-Adapter-Converter/dp/B001OORMVQ (https://www.amazon.com/SANOXY-A12940-Drive-Adapter-Converter/dp/B001OORMVQ)

Title: Re: Hard drive acess
Post by: mk162 on January 23, 2018, 02:52:59 PM

You can always find what you want online...if you look hard enough you can get 3.5 floppy drives...i bet you can find the disks still.

Title: Re: Hard drive acess
Post by: Squeegie on January 23, 2018, 09:32:46 PM

I use one of these for older drive access.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAB1Z5CX2391&cm_re=drive_adapter-_-2G6-000J-00001-_-Product (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAB1Z5CX2391&cm_re=drive_adapter-_-2G6-000J-00001-_-Product)