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'ATA' Hard drive enclosure?

One More Toy · 2022-05-15 19:24:26

Hi all The aul man wants to retrieve stuff off an ATA hdd from the 90s. All I can see on ebay is SATA hard drive enclosures. Would they be compatible? Cheers Omt

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15-05-2022 8:24pm

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One More Toy

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Hi all
The aul man wants to retrieve stuff off an ATA hdd from the 90s. All I can see on ebay is SATA hard drive enclosures. Would they be compatible?

Cheers
Omt

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#2 15-05-2022 8:34pm
Lu Tze

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Try searching for ide instead of ata, should find some like this
https://www.amazon.co.uk/CITUSBU35SPA-ENCLOSURE-SATA-Epitome-ProGrade/dp/B01ATHPTKY/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=I45MD06EZQPC&keywords=ide+enclosure&qid=1652643043&sprefix=ide+enc%2Caps%2C126&sr=8-3

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#3 15-05-2022 8:35pm
Ubbquittious

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no not compatible

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#4 15-05-2022 8:36pm
mikewest

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It's probably an 3.5" IDE to USB enclosure you are looking for.
Also you may fail to recover anything from that old Maxtor drive. They had a nasty habit of crashing and being unrecoverable if sat round for a long while.

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#5 15-05-2022 8:40pm
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Thanks guys

Will go with the shared amazon one

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#6 15-05-2022 8:43pm
mikewest

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Something like this https://www.ebay.ie/itm/154994817232

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#7 23-05-2022 10:40pm
riclad

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ata is just another world for ide drive, now all drives are sata type . make sure you buy one thats 3.5inch,
not 2.5 inch

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