Is this a standard ribbon cable?

Bought one of these cheap ide 2 usb adapters.

It works, but the cheap ribbon cable they sent me broke in two days (only 2
inches long). It appears to be a standard ribbon hard drive cable. Female
connector at one end connects to any hard drive and male connector at other
end connects to usb2ide adapter device. Pix of adapter is at url below. Do
not have pix of ribbon cable, but looks like any hard drive cable.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...dapter&x=0&y=0

I don't want to deal mail order any more, can I buy a replacement for the
cable at most geek computer stores?

Sorry forgot to ad that the url for the device I have is the GWC aa2200
device on that page. sorry.

"harveywallbanger" <harvwallbanger@msn.org> wrote in message
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> Bought one of these cheap ide 2 usb adapters.
>
> It works, but the cheap ribbon cable they sent me broke in two days (only
> 2 inches long). It appears to be a standard ribbon hard drive cable.
> Female connector at one end connects to any hard drive and male connector
> at other end connects to usb2ide adapter device. Pix of adapter is at url
> below. Do not have pix of ribbon cable, but looks like any hard drive
> cable.
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...dapter&x=0&y=0
>
> I don't want to deal mail order any more, can I buy a replacement for the
> cable at most geek computer stores?
>

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:27:03 -0700, "harveywallbanger"
<harvwallbanger@msn.org> had a flock of green cheek conures squawk
out:

>Bought one of these cheap ide 2 usb adapters.
>
>It works, but the cheap ribbon cable they sent me broke in two days (only 2
>inches long). It appears to be a standard ribbon hard drive cable. Female
>connector at one end connects to any hard drive and male connector at other
>end connects to usb2ide adapter device. Pix of adapter is at url below. Do
>not have pix of ribbon cable, but looks like any hard drive cable.
>
>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...dapter&x=0&y=0
>
>I don't want to deal mail order any more, can I buy a replacement for the
>cable at most geek computer stores?
>

Just plug the adapter directly into the drive, that short cable is
just an extension.

Stephen
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Stephen wrote in news:7914845qnsudim2jr8bjdt7fq91udmr6v1@4ax.com
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:27:03 -0700, "harveywallbanger" harvwallbanger@msn.org
> had a flock of green cheek conures squawk out:
>
> > Bought one of these cheap ide 2 usb adapters.
> >
> > It works, but the cheap ribbon cable they sent me broke in two days (only 2
> > inches long). It appears to be a standard ribbon hard drive cable. Female
> > connector at one end connects to any hard drive and male connector at other
> > end connects to usb2ide adapter device. Pix of adapter is at url below. Do
> > not have pix of ribbon cable, but looks like any hard drive cable.
> >
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...dapter&x=0&y=0
> >
> > I don't want to deal mail order any more, can I buy a replacement for the
> > cable at most geek computer stores?
> >
>
> Just plug the adapter directly into the drive, that short cable is

> just an extension.

So no, it's not just any harddrive cable.

>
> Stephen