You're welcome.
The pci card that you bought may come with one or more cables. The new SATA drive does not use the old style power connector. There may be an adapter in the box for the power connector.
As someone else mentioned, an older computer may have trouble recognizing a drive that large. If so, let us know.
But I see you have Vista, so you should be alright.
rogerX
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "Legal Wizard" <legalguru@...> 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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> [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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