I can use some help in my attempt to access some files on an old IDE 160 GB ATA 100 hard drive with a FAT32 file structure for each of the partitions. This hard drive was used as a data drive on a Windows 98SE system (which because of the old BIOS supported only 131 GB - more than acceptable since that hard drive replaced at about 2/3 of the original cost a 40 GB drive) with a separate controller to provide faster throughput. The cable was a DOUBLED 40 pin IDE interface between the controller and the drive. The system that I have to work with is a Windows XP with SATA drives, but also with an IDE interface which supported a DVD drive with a standard 40 pin cable, but the DVD drive is no longer in use. While it probably does not matter, on this Windows XP system, all of the partitions on all of the SATA drives are also FAT32. I have access to Partition Magic to be able to activate and name the partitions on the old IDE ATA 100 hard drive. Is it likely that I can just attach the old IDE ATA 100 drive to the IDE cable on the Windows XP system and access the files I want to copy from one of the partitions? Alternatively, do I need to use the DOUBLED 40 pin cable used with the old ATA 100 hard drive when it was used in the Windows 98SE system? Failing both of the above being successful, are there any other suggestions which might work? Jerome Fine