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If you’ve got a pile of still-working IDE hard drives but all your machines run SATA, then this gizmo may help. The IDE to SATA docking converter turns 3.5″ IDE hard drives into SATA complete with power supply. It sticks out a bit from the end of the hard drive but still it may come in useful someday especially if you’re using external HDD docks. US$16 from Brando.
IDE to SATA HDD Docking Converter converts your IDE Hard drive to SATA interface and let you can use it with SATA HDD Docks for data transfer, backup and cloning.
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Dan Ferris is the Red Ferret’s Oceanic correspondent and Associate Editor based in Sydney, Australia. Despite not knowing Russell Crowe or Nicole Kidman, Dan has risen above adversity and now scours the world for interesting tidbits to write about. He spends far too much time photographing stuff and tinkering with computers.
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