[tech] Mini IDE converter

Susan Johnston susie at ucc.asn.au
Thu Mar 13 19:45:08 WST 2014


I have a caddy that fits in my old laptop if you want to borrow it?

On 13 Mar 2014, at 7:26 pm, Andrew Adamson <bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I have an old 2.5" miniature IDE/PATA laptop drive that I need to get some 
> data off. Does anybody have an adapter floating around that I could borrow 
> and will allow me to read it? 
> 
> Anything that can convert to full-sized IDE, SATA or USB should do. A 
> compact flash reader would probably do the trick too, but I'm unsure if 
> all CF readers can supply enough current for a spinning disk.
> 
> Thanks :)
> 
> Andrew Adamson
> bob at ucc.asn.au
> 
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