13 Aug
2007
13 Aug
'07
8:57 a.m.
At 11:23 PM 8/12/2007, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I suspect it was this simple. I dug out a 40 conductor
cable vs. the 80 conductor one in my new box, and plugged it into my old PC (easier to
plug the cable in, even with having to dig it out). Once the system came up it saw the
drive right off, and I've copied it to a CD-R.
Hmm. And heaven knows how these cheap USB to IDE adapters handle
the many permutations.
Wikipedia has a pretty good IDE/ATA breakdown:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Technology_Attachment
Pin 34 tells whether it's a 40- or 80-conductor cable.
I don't remember any male-to-female IDE cables in my junkbox.
- John