IDE To ATA .. What Do I need to Hook Up My IDE in my ATA HD computer?

Question

I recently pruchased a new computer that uses ATA hard drives! Before I purchased my new computer I purchased a IDE hardrive and put all my information on it ... What do I need to connect my IDE drive to my new computer? I purchsed from ebay a usb adapter for it but it doesn't work with windows Vista .. Help would be appreciated ... Thanks!

Answer 1

actually, ide is originally ata it was renamed PATA to differentiate it to sata. you might mean SATA which is a fairly new technology.



ide drives are easy enough to install. look for the pics in the wiki page below to identify the slots for ide cables. the blue one is usually for hd drives which has primary and slave jumpers.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT_Attachment

Answer 2

All motherboards - Have never ever seen one that can't do IDE. Just get a cable and plug it in. Worst comes - just buy an external hard drive case that supports IDE

Answer 3

Do you nean SATA ?