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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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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 all
will give you a full list of partitions and filesystems of your device.
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Thanks!!!
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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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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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