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I assume that the drive is 3.5"? Doesn't say anywhere....

Will a case like this be pretty good?

Thank you guys for your help on this!

You got it. That case would probably do just fine.

Do you have to take gorgeous pictures of everything?

Yes.

Yes I do.



Seriously...thanks to both of you for your help with this. I'm sure knowledgeable guys like you get hit up as tech support for your friends and family all the time...

I'm sweating this more than I let on because I'm embarrassed that I hadn't backed it up as well as I should. Honestly, I've never had a drive fail. Hopefully, I haven't here either and it's only the power supply!

I'm ordering that case right now!

Hope it works for you!

I know the embarrassment. At least you only have yourself to blame, and yourself can only blame you. Try losing 5 months of your wife's stuff because you didn't back up.

Speaking of gorgeous photos, did you ever wish you could adjust your depth of field and focal plane after the shot?

Adobe is working on it, but it requires a special lens.

You are correct and correct. It's an older IDE drive and your PC is SATA. The cable in the forefront of your PC picture marked with P3 and P5 connectors is the power cable. (Easily identified by licking the pins inside.) The little tiny blue, flat cable is actually the data cable. You won't be able to read the external drive directly from your PC.

I think my earlier trouble with mixing up the acronyms comes from the fact that I would call this type of drive (your external one) and IDE drive. I tried to conform and sound cooler by saying PATA but it gave me acronym blur...heh heh.

For a quick fix option, the SATA/IDE converter to USB should get the data off there but it would be ugly to leave connected permanently. Found one here just so you can see a picture.

SATA/IDE to USB
or much cheaper if you are brave enough for Ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/USB-2-0-to-SATA-IDE-C...1QQcmdZViewItem

Yet another option would be to buy a cheap IDE controller and cable and put it in a free expansion slot if there is room. If you can find a used one, the price should be close to free. Have to make sure your chipset supports it though, I think. Was never a problem with older MBs but maybe you have to be careful with newer ones. Not sure really.

In any case, your idea for a new external IDE hard drive case, is a good one because it creates a permanent use for the drive if it is still intact.

Ack, there was like 5 replies in the time it took me to type that.

If I type fast, I screw up, type slow, and I'm outdated before I even post.

LOL!!

Can we be certain that there is not already an IDE controller on Mark's motherboard? Maybe all he needs is a cable?

Doubt it but the long plug would be easy to spot.

Yeah, the PATA thing kinda threw me, too. I'd never really heard that term before; always IDE vs SATA.