Hi,
You say, "but I need to buy a $20.00 to hook it up" - if you are talking about a cable (!) DON'T give a nickle to Best Buy (which CLEARLY isn't) - go to any Mom-n-Pop computer repair shop and they will likely GIVE you one. At least for no more than a buck or two.
JMHO
...Bryce
At 6/2/2011, Legal Wizard wrote:
>Thanks I'm just waiting for the SATA PCI card to arrive and the USB to ide
>data transfer adapter. I've got the drive in the bay, but I need to buy a
>$20.00 to hook it up I was told tonight by BestBuy. I thought it would be in
>the box, but now it wasn't.
>
>Thanks for the clear and concise help.
>
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>[mailto:simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of RogerX19
>Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 10:55 PM
>To: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Simply Computers] Re: updating hard drive issues
>
>Hi
>
>Newegg.com or Amazon.
>
>It's called a "SATA PCI card", not a " IDE to SATA PCI card".
>
>Here's a link to the Newegg site:
>
>http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTM
>ATCH&Description=sata+pci+card
>
>or you can just go to newegg.com and search for SATA pci card.
>
>You will see both PCI and PCI Express cards, but your computer can not use
>the PCI Express ones.
>
>You should be able to go with the cheapest SATA PCI card with no problems.
>
>To retrieve the data from the old drive, you can purchase an adapter cable,
>or just use the connecting wires that are already in the computer.
>
>I would disconnect the IDE drive wires, then install the SATA drive using
>the SATA PCI card, and reinstall Windows onto it.
>
>Once you have Windows running, you can turn off the computer and plug the
>IDE drive into the old connections. Start up the computer and see if Windows
>can "see" the old drive.
>
>If not, then the old drive may be dead, and connecting it via an external
>cable won't fix it.
>
>rogerX
>
>--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "Legal Wizard" <legalguru@...>
>wrote:
>>
>> ImHotep,
>>
>> I have an IDE drive inside my Hewlett Packard Media Center PC 800
>> which no longer boots.
>>
>> I bought a new 2TB Western Digital Green. I have been informed that
>> in order for the new drive to talk to my old PC with Vista 32bit SP2,
>> I need to buy a IDE TO SATA PCI CARD.
>>
>> I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT IF I WANT TO retrieve the data from the old IDE
>> drive I will need to purchase something called a 33in USB 2.0 to IDE
>> or Serial ATA Drive Adapter Cable.
>>
>> Can you refer me to companies that sell high quality products like the
>> two named above?
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>>
>> Amen-Ra
>>
>
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