IDE hard drive into SATA machine as 2nd hard drive??

eddypowell · 17 Jun 2009 at 11:43

Can I fit a Seagate Barracuda IDE hard drive into an DELL Optiplex 755 SATA desktop as a second hard drive? :confused:

Regards, Eddy.

bledd · 17 Jun 2009 at 11:47

I would assume it's got an IDE slot, this is probably in use by the DVD drive

but an IDE port can support two devices at once

check that the system has an IDE slot first.

my work machine is a dell and has none

eddypowell · 17 Jun 2009 at 13:08

The machine is entirely SATA.

Sasahara · 17 Jun 2009 at 20:52

You'd either need a SATA to IDE converter/adaptor some times known as a SATA To IDE Dongle or a PCI IDE card.

OC don't seem to stock either.

eddypowell · 17 Jun 2009 at 22:18

Thanks for that, have found one on Amazon but will investigate further. :cool:

eddypowell · 30 Jun 2009 at 08:51

All set up, made all the changes in set up but it still can't see the HD.

rpstewart · 30 Jun 2009 at 08:56

Where are you looking for the disk?

Is it showing in Device Manger? Is it showing in Disk Management?

eddypowell · 30 Jun 2009 at 09:25

I made changes at the setup stage, F2, switched on SATA2, tried both autodetect settings and anything else I could alter just to try to make it work.

When I let it run through there is no drive visible.

rpstewart · 30 Jun 2009 at 09:35

So this is with a SATA <> IDE adapter?

Are both the drive and adapter powered correctly? Is the drive spinning up when you power on the PC?

eddypowell · 30 Jun 2009 at 09:43

Yes.

Drive gets hot so I presume it is spinning, it was working OK when inserted. The adaptor light is on and is connected through the hard wires in the PC with a SATA cable to the motherboard.

rpstewart · 30 Jun 2009 at 10:00

Have you checked that the jumpers on the drive are set to Master?

eddypowell · 30 Jun 2009 at 10:12

Tried all settings and probably all combinations.

Did have it running as a master drive in a machine at work to extract files.

rpstewart · 30 Jun 2009 at 10:15

I've never been convinced with IDE<>SATA adapters. If I was having this much hassle I'd be giving up and going with either a PCI card or a USB caddy.

eddypowell · 30 Jun 2009 at 10:32

Yes, I'm only trying to make use of it because it was a fairly recent replacement in my old PC. I will probably get a SATA drive.

miniyazz · 30 Jun 2009 at 16:56

I'd be tempted to say driver issues.. do you have any devices in unknown devices in device manager?

eddypowell · 1 Jul 2009 at 11:33

It did install a driver at one point but turned out it was for the master HD. I think it would have to detect the new drive before it installed a driver. I have run it on an IDE machine at work so the thinking now is that the adaptor is duff so I will try another just to be sure.

Watch this space!

eddypowell · 6 Jul 2009 at 22:05

It is saying: HDD replacement is invalid etc.

Presumably it won't accept an IDE connection.