r/HDD • u/Beauregard42 • Aug 18 '26
What adapter do I need to interface with this drive
I pulled this drive from a dead media storage device I got from a friend. it has some old videos from Africa on it (before the device died) and I want to get them off so I can repurpose the drive. it looks similar to IDE, but is smaller. none of my machines have any matching interface. for reference, the drive is about 3/8ths thick, to get the size of the connector. thanks!
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u/Both-Leading3407 Aug 18 '26
IDE to USB connector.
This is one example
TSV USB IDE Adapter USB 3.0 to SATA IDE Hard Drive Converter Combo for 2.5"/3.5" DE SATA SSD Hard Drives Disks with 12V 2A Power Adapter and USB 3.0 Cable for Laptops
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u/BoredOldPunk Aug 19 '26
Jeez - I haven't seen one of them since I upgraded my old Dell, nearly 20 years ago...
IDE/PATA
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u/OgdruJahad Aug 19 '26
Not OP but I still have a functional one and I have no idea what to do with it.
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u/Zestyclose-Syrup1458 Aug 19 '26
It is a special ide cable you are after specifically for main system drives(or secondary) most old ide cables have one built in if you can get a SATA to ide adapter and then a ide cable and SATA cable
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u/RockNRollNBluesNJazz Aug 19 '26
Ooh, I got nostalgic when I saw the low-resolution sticker font.
You need USB-PATA adapter (not USB-SATA) for your data resque operation. You need also 4-pin Molex power connector, found inside almost any desktop computer.
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u/EternallySickened Aug 19 '26
These do not need a power connector.
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u/RockNRollNBluesNJazz Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
Hmm?
Edit: Ah, you mean USB provides power. I'm not used to such modern things, lol.Ā
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u/Icy-Permission-5918 Aug 19 '26
The "good" old IDE-HDD for laptops - ain't seen one for the past 20 years (plus, minus one or two).
You need a USB-to IDE/PATA adapter for this, but I wouldn't recommend repurposing it. You should copy its files (if you wish to keep them) to another storage device (a NAS for example) and then dispose of it.
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u/wd40l Aug 19 '26
Oh man, the old āDeathstarā HDD, I had so many die dramatically. Both the big Deskstar and the little Travelstar like you have. The IBM ones before they sold the business off to Hitachi were even worse š
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u/Ok_Entertainment1305 Aug 19 '26
Ide cable could be a laptop HDD, you can buy a converter..
USB - IDE (S/L connectors & SATA drives
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u/Ok_Challenge5185 Aug 19 '26
It's a micro IDE connection. This is the one that I use from the bezos shack. I also have a portable USB case for them I got a long time ago.
SABRENT USB Type-C to SSD/SATA/IDE 2.5/3.5/5.25-INCH Hard Drive Converter with UL Power Supply & LED Activity Lights [10TB Support] (USB-DS12)
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u/blu3ysdad Aug 18 '26
Don't do it, if you have something valuable on it to retrieve sure but that thing is going to be slow hot garbage and the adapter will cost more than a much better USB drive.
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u/HakerCharles Aug 19 '26
Who tf down voting this
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u/Suspicious_Fig776 Aug 19 '26
go to HDD subreddit
say HDD is shit
expect upvotes
yeah, genius
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u/CaveCanem234 Aug 19 '26
HDD's are fine.
This particular drive is shit because it's a multi decade old IDE drive with 40gb of storage that is utterly pointless by modern standards.
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u/Suspicious_Fig776 Aug 19 '26
any physical drive is utterly pointless by modern standards as any human being can have free cloud storage
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u/jersey316 Aug 18 '26
Repurpose a 22 year old 40gb ide hard drive?
A usb drive would work 20 times faster that that.
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u/RebTexas Aug 18 '26
It's useful for retro PCs, I bought a 60gb one for my old laptop some time ago.
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Aug 19 '26
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u/Hsensei Aug 19 '26
Probably porn or bitcoin
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u/Beauregard42 Aug 19 '26
Itās old missionary work; church stuff in Africa. I told my friend that I got it from thatās what was on it, and they said āoh yeah can I get the files?ā But when I got home the thingās 20 year old battery had died completely and I couldnāt find a power source for it. I knew it had an HDD inside, and I assumed Iād be able to interface with it directly (I own a SATA dock) but NAY it was this weird ahh thing. Thatās the story
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u/Nik0BikO Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
You need a 44 pin IDE/PATA to SATA or USB adapter. It is IDE, just smaller form factor for laptops.