15 Jan 2008 at 21:14 #1 ~J~ ~J~ Soldato Joined 20 Oct 2003 Posts 7,558 Location London Does anyone know if a 20Mb HardDrive from 1987 (Probably ATA33) would be compatible with todays IDE cable AND be picked up by Windows XP. The harddrive is running MS-DOS 3.2. Need to know before I dismantle the machine
Does anyone know if a 20Mb HardDrive from 1987 (Probably ATA33) would be compatible with todays IDE cable AND be picked up by Windows XP. The harddrive is running MS-DOS 3.2. Need to know before I dismantle the machine
15 Jan 2008 at 23:19 #2 rpstewart rpstewart Man of Honour Joined 11 Mar 2003 Posts 10,704 Location Greenock, Scotland Should be fine. Just watch that the BIOS doesn't reset the boot order on you or you'll find yourself transported back to 1988.....
Should be fine. Just watch that the BIOS doesn't reset the boot order on you or you'll find yourself transported back to 1988.....
