I just recently got a new rig, and now I want to copy some files off of my old IDE HDD onto my new SATA HDD. I've hooked up the IDE and tried jumpering it as "neutral position" "single position" "dual ...

IDE hard drives used in most PCs are essentially obsolete and should be replaced with SATA (Serial ATA) drives in new shipments of PCs. For a systems builder, this situation presents a great ...

I am transforming an old (2004?) Athlon 2400 based box, into a modern machine. I am reusing everything that is still good, including case, 430 watt Antec power supply and two 7200 rpm Seagate SATA ...

Every now and again there a few simple and somewhat useful bits of kit that come onto the market that assist in making slightly older systems and their components work with newer technologies. The ...

Brainout asked the Hard Drives, NAS Drives, Storage forum to explain some of the words used to describe hard drives and storage. Technical terms can get overwhelming, especially when they include too ...

Chatsworth, CA - March 2, 2010 - Today, Aleratec introduced its 1:5 HDD Copy Cruiser IDE/SATA – Aleratec's first tower HDD duplicator and sanitizer that is compatible with both IDE and SATA hard ...

For system builders, this situation presents a great opportunity to distinguish themselves from Tier One system vendors. While they are still pushing systems with essentially obsolete disk technology, ...

The old or the new, it doesn't matter with the VT6421 controller. Its pair of 150-Mbit/s Serial ATA (SATA) manages new SATA drives, and its parallel ATA-133 interfaces support a pair of ...

Like Westley in the "Princess Bride" sometimes hard drives are only mostly dead. If you have a drive that appears kaput, you can sometimes retrieve the data off of it using a USB to SATA/IDE connector ...

Granite Digital on Thursday introduced its $39.95 USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE Bridge Adapter Kit. The device enables you to attach a raw Serial ATA (SATA) or IDE hard disk drive mechanism to a Mac or PC using ...