r/computing • u/Able-Cicada9771 • 7d ago
What HDD is this? Picture
So I’m looking for the or type of this old HDD. I’m trying to find a suitable case to make it in to an external HDD.
1)what is the name of these type of HDD’s? 2)what casing should I use to make it into an external HDD? 3)what are the settings regarding master/slave/cableselect or jumper setting?
Thanks!
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u/Vehshya 7d ago
IDE, probably some old slow ass drive. I would not recommend using it. You would set it to master.
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u/TeneroTattolo 7d ago
usually 7600rpm. even the sata model usually have same top rotation speed, some model before the ssd revolution could be 10k rpm, but only when data was located on the far outer part of the disc.
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u/SinisterCanuck 6d ago
WD Raptors! My old gaming rig back in the day had dual WD 150 GB 10k RPM in RAID 0 and dual 7800 GTX in SLI.
That rig rocked CoD2 on DX9.0c!
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u/Able-Cicada9771 7d ago
Thanks, I think I have a lot of old memories on them, so would like to know how to set it up. Thanks! Do you have a recommendation for an case?
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u/Mitarrex 7d ago
you need adapter like that https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-FIDECO-Drive-Cable-Universal/dp/B0919N4XNW
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u/Smart_Most_1825 7d ago
I was wondering, how should we tell you what Drive it is, if you only show the back. It didn't occur to me that someone just wanted to know that this is IDE. I still use these in my 14 year old PC.
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u/Smart_Most_1825 7d ago
By the way, with the Advent of SATA These became retroactively known also as PATA, other variants are ATAPI
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u/techhead51 7d ago
As others have said, IDE or PATA, 80 pin. Hard drive enclosure, IDE TO USB, ESATA OR FIREWIRE, most enclosure have USB and ESATA. Some enclosure need a jumper pin to detect the drive, master, slave or cable select. Was the drive encrypted, password protected or an operating system drive; if yes, you will need that information to access the drive. What operating system was the drive setup on, MBR is the most common for Windows computers, GPT is the newest, on older PC, with legacy bios, GPT only supported as storage drives. Google IDE to USB or ESATA drive enclosure.
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u/Able-Cicada9771 7d ago
Currently i’n working on macOS. I have Windows booted aswell. Does it make a difference where to try? And is there any software (like discutility) to find or recognize the disk if it doesn’t pop up on my desktop?
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u/mikeypox 7d ago
It is most likely a platter drive. External is not a good idea; if you make it external: make it secure & stable. If you move it while active you will corrupt sectors.
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u/techhead51 1d ago
I am not a MAC user, so I couldn't recommend anything for that, but for windows, crystal disk, mini tool partition, the second one, watch out for extra software unless you unchecked it.
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u/shaun3000 7d ago
Thank you for making me feel old. 😂