[ale] PATA to SATA adapters?

[Derek Atkins]

Sorry, no, I have not used this myself.
I dont think I have any systems with PATA drives left in production so I
haven't had a need to access PATA drives.

-derek

On Wed, January 7, 2015 9:46 am, Pete Hardie wrote:
> Paul Cartwright mentioned a similar one.  Have you used this type with
> success?
>
> I'm not looking for continual access, so slow USB 2.0 is fine - once I've
> imaged the drive, it goes in the Replay and is running on an IDE
> controller
> directly.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
>> Does it specifically need to be a PATA to SATA adapter?
>> Could you use a PATA to USB adapter?
>> Maybe something like:
>>
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Adapter-Converter-Optical-External/dp/B002OV1VJW
>>
>> It's $10 from Amazon with Prime shipping.  Granted, it's only USB2, not
>> USB3.
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> On Wed, January 7, 2015 9:23 am, Pete Hardie wrote:
>> > I doubt I can fit the adapter into the ReplayTV case, so I'm looking
>> at
>> > the
>> > adapter more to allow me to load the PATA drive from my more modern
>> > systems
>> > that
>> > have SATA controllers
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Is PATA to SATA will give you significant speed increase or just
>> >> convinience of using HDD that are more common today?
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Anyone had experience with such a device?  I have to replace a drive
>> on
>> >>> my ReplayTV box, which uses IDE
>> >>> drives only, and while I have an old desktop which still uses PATA,
>> I
>> >>> will probably forget this fact and toss it out at siome point.
>> >>>
>> >>> ​What I need to be able to do is load the IDE drive via dd, and if
>> the
>> >>> SATA:PATA adapter allows that as if the drive be controlled via a
>> >>> PATA/IDE
>> >>> interface, I will get one.
>> >>>
>> >>> TIA for any info/advice​
>> >>>
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