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by bouzeo

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just bought a board and thioght it had a couple of ide connectors but has one ide and one floppy connector with a few sata connectors.is it possible to convert the ide to sata?

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by thechas

There are devices available that allow you to connect IDE devices to SATA ports.

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=RXD639-IDE-SATA-ADP&cat=HDD

As to how practical and functional they are, that depends on the device and how you are using it.

I myself would only use the adapter to transfer data files from the old drive onto a new drive.

If this were my system, I would buy a new SATA drive as my primary drive and use the IDE connector for my legacy drive.

Chas

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