hi guys i have two ide hard drives with important things but when i upgraded to sata motherboard i can't use these hard drive anymore. i tried ide to sata converters (those small chips which you attach on the hard disk) but they don't work. i don't know if they are faulty or incompatible. is there anything else that i could try? for example can i buy pci controller card which would allow me to connect my ide drives on sata motherboard?
ide hard drive problem
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If you just want access to the data then one of these:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-001-BT&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=72
or this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-000-SH&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=72
Would do the job. If you want to boot from it then you need something like a Promise Fastrack PCI IDE controller card (don't know if you can buy them from somewhere else as OcUK don't sell them. I had 2 lying around from my old machine so I know they work).
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-001-BT&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=72
or this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-000-SH&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=72
Would do the job. If you want to boot from it then you need something like a Promise Fastrack PCI IDE controller card (don't know if you can buy them from somewhere else as OcUK don't sell them. I had 2 lying around from my old machine so I know they work).