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I know how you feel, Jim. Hindsight is a real bear isn't it? Being an author, I back twice a day, once around 1000 and once again around 1800. Once every two weeks, I do a complete backup of the...

I've used that freezer trick several times. Worked most of the times. When a drive finally dies, I take it apart and salvage the head magnets, all the discs, the drive motor, and the aluminum case...

Aw, man. That's a shame. At least you have a good way to attach spare drives if you need one. I have around twenty of them in my garage, both IDE and SATA. Most are small drives (250MG to 2.5GB)....

Found this on Ebay, Jim. Just what you need. Take a look at all the pictures associated with this device. The second one shows how to use the IDE to SATA power cable, and the third shows how to hook...

Just realized I was wrong in Post #36. You DO need a power supply to run a 3.5 HDD (like the one my picture shows). You wouldn't need one for a 2.5 however. It should be a package deal with the...

Thanks, Malc. The dongle you linked to would work for a smaller 2.5 laptop drive, but not a bigger 3.5 HDD. The problem is the power. There had to be a separate power connection to run a 3.5 HDD. The...

Here's a visual depiction of the hookup:

https://intellisigsys.net/pics/usb_dongle_hookup.jpg

Bill

No external supply needed, Jim. It's powered through the USB port. The arrangement I have with the "HDD box" I made uses a wall wart, but it's only for the six-port USB hub inside it. The internal...

I enlisted in 1961 and retired in 1980. Had 5 tours in Vietnam, but one was on a ship for a year in Vietnamese waters and one for a year in Thailand (then a war zone as well). Some time in the...

You've certainly had your share, Jim. You've probably already thought of it, but if you re-order from Walmart, you'd probably get the same thing again. Consider Amazon. They sell them as well. It's...

I do a lot of PC repair and other stuff for friends and family. If the OS is really messed up, some of the time, I can demonstrate Linux and win a convert. I have four laptops running different...

Probably not. RESTORO attaches itself to the boot sector. When being used as a simple plug-in drive, the boot sector isn't used as if it was part of the operating system. I'm not completely sure, but...

Looks like that program you downloaded and installed messed with your internal resources before presenting you with the bogus "blue screen" and asking for your password. You would be well advised to...

When the motherboard on an old computer blew up, I pulled it out and filled the box's bays with a mix of IDE and SATA drives, then hooked all of them using these dongles to a USB hub inside the box,...

I use these all the time. Amazon, as well as other retailers have them.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Rosewill-RCW-608-Rosewill-Accessory-RCW-608-USB2-0-Adapter-For-IDE-SATA-Device-Black/23148926
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Most repair places have you sign a contract of some sorts. Buried down in the fine print is a disclaimer they MAY have to 'reinitialize" Windows. This means they'll reinstall a fresh copy and might...

Always be distrustful of ANY program you download from the web. Run it through your antivirus scanner immediately after downloading it. Some can infect your computer even before you use A/V on it.
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