Converting external drive

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t3hd0ct0r Posts 1 Registration date Saturday May 1, 2010 Status Member Last seen May 1, 2010 - May 1, 2010 at 04:50 PM
xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - May 1, 2010 at 05:48 PM

I've got a 500GB western digital external drive that I got some years ago, and then the usb port became damaged, so I removed the casing and mounted it in my computer. It isn't an IDE drive, and it doesnt show as being there under disk management, or in the bios. I've basically run out of ideas.

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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
May 1, 2010 at 05:48 PM

It's either an IDE (PATA) or a SATA drive. (unless it's more than 10 years old). If it takes a wide ribbon cable then it's an IDE drive. You might need to change the jumpers to make it a SLAVE drive. It probably has no jumpers or is set to Master. The jumper settings should be printed on the drive.

Good Luck

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