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#1 2011-06-26 14:37:51
- mrcold
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IDE drive in a USB enclosure
Have an old computer that died, has an ide drive in it that i'm pretty sure sill works. If I get a USB enclosure, will I be able to get the data off of it, or will it require a format to get it to work? I don't have any other machines that can read an ide drive. Pretty sure it's formatted as ext3.
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#2 2011-06-26 15:01:29
- hermes
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Re: IDE drive in a USB enclosure
It happened the same to me and I did exactly the same: got an usb enclosure and mounted the relevant partitions, so I could grab all the data I needed. I was even able to boot it on my laptop. It had arch inside, obviously 
$ parted /dev/sdX print allwill give you a full list of partitions and filesystems of your device.
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#3 2011-06-26 17:25:58
- mrcold
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Re: IDE drive in a USB enclosure
Thanks!!!
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#4 2011-06-26 20:47:14
- oboedad55
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Re: IDE drive in a USB enclosure
If you want to save some money you can get the cables and you don't need the enclosure. I've seen them on Amazon for like $6. NewEgg and other places have the same thing for $20.
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#5 2011-06-27 02:11:44
- hermes
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Re: IDE drive in a USB enclosure
If you already have an oldish external usb hd as well - it has to be PATA, if I understood correctly - you won't need to buy anything. I have a 300GB one, opening it and swapping the drives was a breeze, since it has screws.
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