Hello there. I've recently pulled two ultra ata drives out of an old system and I wanted to temporarily install them as slaves in my new system to see what data I have on them. However, upon opening my case I realized the different connector types of the hard drives and I have no available ribbons. Do I have any other options besides finding a different system? Can I unplug my burner drive and use that ribbon?
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Recover data from old ultra ata drive on new SATA system
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IF the Burner is of the same type as the hard drive then yes you can use the burner's ribbon cable to plug it in.
You can also go out a buy a cheap USB enclosure about 20 dollars worth, and plug the drive in that and turn it into an external USB drive.
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You can also go out a buy a cheap USB enclosure about 20 dollars worth, and plug the drive in that and turn it into an external USB drive.
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
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