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Ben Myers
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 Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:46 pm Post subject: Re: Need help please |
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I picked up several of the USB-IDE and USB-SATA adapters from sellers on eBay,
and they are indispensible parts of my computer repair and troubleshooting
kit... Ben
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:44:07 -0400, Ben Myers
<ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote:
| Quote: | How about this link which popped up first when I entered "USB IDE" into Google:
http://www.pccables.com/cgi-bin/orders6.cgi?action=Search&search=USB_IDE&rsite=g.usbide
There are loads of these adapters available, both with and without an external
(usually) aluminum housing or chassis, at affordable prices.
If your drive is SATA rather than the older PATA/EIDE/IDE, there are adapters
available for SATA and USB, too. "USB SATA" turned up this one, among others:
http://www.usbgear.com/USB-SATA.html
I think you are way better off using a drive adapter to a USB cable. Booting
up in safe mode on your old Dell means that any sort of CD burning software is
probably not available to use. Also, although the SATA-IDE adapter may work,
you may stumble across serious BIOS limitations which make it impossible to boot
the Dell from the SATA drive... Ben Myers
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:31:17 -0400, karen402@nomail.com wrote:
Thanks Ben I did a google search and couldn't find a external USB chassis, or
even know what one is. Not knowing a bit about computers I was going to try to
pull the hard-drive out of a old Dell computer that I have now and put the
Gateway in and boot in the safe mode and try and get some info off it. I did
find on the Internet a S-attar to ide connector. Dumb idea?
If another power supply failed to revive the system, then it is more than likely
that the motherboard failed. However, do not despair at the possible loss of
your data on the hard drive. The odds are that the hard drive is still in
working order. if it is, I can be quickly and simply mounted in an inexpensive
external USB chassis,. then connected up to any computer running Windows 2000 or
Windows XP (or even Linux!) to give you access to personal documents and other
potentially valuable information... Ben Myers
Sorry it's taken a few days to get back so no one may be following this thread.
We were able to try a new power supply. That wasn't the problem. I'm not going
to buy a motherboard so I guess the info I had on my hard-drive will just have
to stay there. I had a "little" backed up on Cd's but like most people not as
much as I wish I had
Thanks all
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:24 am Post subject: Re: Need help please |
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Your suggeston sounds like the best the SATA drive adapter to usb cable.
usbgear's site is down right now but will try again in a bit. I did find it at a
couple other stores. It never crossed my mind that I could hook the drive up to
a usb port. If and after I do this where do I go to access the drive. Guess I
can figure that out myself:-)
Thanks
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:44:07 -0400, Ben Myers
<ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote:
| Quote: | How about this link which popped up first when I entered "USB IDE" into Google:
http://www.pccables.com/cgi-bin/orders6.cgi?action=Search&search=USB_IDE&rsite=g.usbide
There are loads of these adapters available, both with and without an external
(usually) aluminum housing or chassis, at affordable prices.
If your drive is SATA rather than the older PATA/EIDE/IDE, there are adapters
available for SATA and USB, too. "USB SATA" turned up this one, among others:
http://www.usbgear.com/USB-SATA.html
I think you are way better off using a drive adapter to a USB cable. Booting
up in safe mode on your old Dell means that any sort of CD burning software is
probably not available to use. Also, although the SATA-IDE adapter may work,
you may stumble across serious BIOS limitations which make it impossible to boot
the Dell from the SATA drive... Ben Myers
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:31:17 -0400, karen402@nomail.com wrote:
Thanks Ben I did a google search and couldn't find a external USB chassis, or
even know what one is. Not knowing a bit about computers I was going to try to
pull the hard-drive out of a old Dell computer that I have now and put the
Gateway in and boot in the safe mode and try and get some info off it. I did
find on the Internet a S-attar to ide connector. Dumb idea?
If another power supply failed to revive the system, then it is more than likely
that the motherboard failed. However, do not despair at the possible loss of
your data on the hard drive. The odds are that the hard drive is still in
working order. if it is, I can be quickly and simply mounted in an inexpensive
external USB chassis,. then connected up to any computer running Windows 2000 or
Windows XP (or even Linux!) to give you access to personal documents and other
potentially valuable information... Ben Myers
Sorry it's taken a few days to get back so no one may be following this thread.
We were able to try a new power supply. That wasn't the problem. I'm not going
to buy a motherboard so I guess the info I had on my hard-drive will just have
to stay there. I had a "little" backed up on Cd's but like most people not as
much as I wish I had
Thanks all
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Ben Myers
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:24 am Post subject: Re: Need help please |
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If you connect the SATA-USB drive to a Windows 2000 or XP system, it should be
recognized automatically by the fairly good Plug-and-Play built into the
operating system.
If you connect the drive to a Windows 95/98/ME system, stop the presses. It is
likely that your Gateway drive is set up with NTFS, which cannot be handled
conveniently by these operating systems. Furthermore, you will need to install
a driver for the SATA-USB device. You can then download and install a free
NTFS read-only file system driver to access the data on the Gateway drive.
.... Ben Myers
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:51:51 -0400, karen402@nomail.com wrote:
| Quote: | Your suggeston sounds like the best the SATA drive adapter to usb cable.
usbgear's site is down right now but will try again in a bit. I did find it at a
couple other stores. It never crossed my mind that I could hook the drive up to
a usb port. If and after I do this where do I go to access the drive. Guess I
can figure that out myself:-)
Thanks
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:44:07 -0400, Ben Myers
ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote:
How about this link which popped up first when I entered "USB IDE" into Google:
http://www.pccables.com/cgi-bin/orders6.cgi?action=Search&search=USB_IDE&rsite=g.usbide
There are loads of these adapters available, both with and without an external
(usually) aluminum housing or chassis, at affordable prices.
If your drive is SATA rather than the older PATA/EIDE/IDE, there are adapters
available for SATA and USB, too. "USB SATA" turned up this one, among others:
http://www.usbgear.com/USB-SATA.html
I think you are way better off using a drive adapter to a USB cable. Booting
up in safe mode on your old Dell means that any sort of CD burning software is
probably not available to use. Also, although the SATA-IDE adapter may work,
you may stumble across serious BIOS limitations which make it impossible to boot
the Dell from the SATA drive... Ben Myers
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:31:17 -0400, karen402@nomail.com wrote:
Thanks Ben I did a google search and couldn't find a external USB chassis, or
even know what one is. Not knowing a bit about computers I was going to try to
pull the hard-drive out of a old Dell computer that I have now and put the
Gateway in and boot in the safe mode and try and get some info off it. I did
find on the Internet a S-attar to ide connector. Dumb idea?
If another power supply failed to revive the system, then it is more than likely
that the motherboard failed. However, do not despair at the possible loss of
your data on the hard drive. The odds are that the hard drive is still in
working order. if it is, I can be quickly and simply mounted in an inexpensive
external USB chassis,. then connected up to any computer running Windows 2000 or
Windows XP (or even Linux!) to give you access to personal documents and other
potentially valuable information... Ben Myers
Sorry it's taken a few days to get back so no one may be following this thread.
We were able to try a new power supply. That wasn't the problem. I'm not going
to buy a motherboard so I guess the info I had on my hard-drive will just have
to stay there. I had a "little" backed up on Cd's but like most people not as
much as I wish I had
Thanks all
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:28 am Post subject: Re: Need help please |
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Thanks, I'll let you know in a couple weeks how it went. This will be hooking up
to a old Dell with XP
| Quote: | If you connect the SATA-USB drive to a Windows 2000 or XP system, it should be
recognized automatically by the fairly good Plug-and-Play built into the
operating system.
If you connect the drive to a Windows 95/98/ME system, stop the presses. It is
likely that your Gateway drive is set up with NTFS, which cannot be handled
conveniently by these operating systems. Furthermore, you will need to install
a driver for the SATA-USB device. You can then download and install a free
NTFS read-only file system driver to access the data on the Gateway drive.
... Ben Myers
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:51:51 -0400, karen402@nomail.com wrote:
Your suggeston sounds like the best the SATA drive adapter to usb cable.
usbgear's site is down right now but will try again in a bit. I did find it at a
couple other stores. It never crossed my mind that I could hook the drive up to
a usb port. If and after I do this where do I go to access the drive. Guess I
can figure that out myself:-)
Thanks
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:44:07 -0400, Ben Myers
ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote:
How about this link which popped up first when I entered "USB IDE" into Google:
http://www.pccables.com/cgi-bin/orders6.cgi?action=Search&search=USB_IDE&rsite=g.usbide
There are loads of these adapters available, both with and without an external
(usually) aluminum housing or chassis, at affordable prices.
If your drive is SATA rather than the older PATA/EIDE/IDE, there are adapters
available for SATA and USB, too. "USB SATA" turned up this one, among others:
http://www.usbgear.com/USB-SATA.html
I think you are way better off using a drive adapter to a USB cable. Booting
up in safe mode on your old Dell means that any sort of CD burning software is
probably not available to use. Also, although the SATA-IDE adapter may work,
you may stumble across serious BIOS limitations which make it impossible to boot
the Dell from the SATA drive... Ben Myers
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:31:17 -0400, karen402@nomail.com wrote:
Thanks Ben I did a google search and couldn't find a external USB chassis, or
even know what one is. Not knowing a bit about computers I was going to try to
pull the hard-drive out of a old Dell computer that I have now and put the
Gateway in and boot in the safe mode and try and get some info off it. I did
find on the Internet a S-attar to ide connector. Dumb idea?
If another power supply failed to revive the system, then it is more than likely
that the motherboard failed. However, do not despair at the possible loss of
your data on the hard drive. The odds are that the hard drive is still in
working order. if it is, I can be quickly and simply mounted in an inexpensive
external USB chassis,. then connected up to any computer running Windows 2000 or
Windows XP (or even Linux!) to give you access to personal documents and other
potentially valuable information... Ben Myers
Sorry it's taken a few days to get back so no one may be following this thread.
We were able to try a new power supply. That wasn't the problem. I'm not going
to buy a motherboard so I guess the info I had on my hard-drive will just have
to stay there. I had a "little" backed up on Cd's but like most people not as
much as I wish I had
Thanks all
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