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FBaggins

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3. A SATA to USB cable will probably do it

Reply to matt819 (Original post)

Fri Oct 4, 2019, 11:25 AM

Oct 2019

But you could certainly get an external enclosure for about the same price if you want it to look nicer (I'd skip it if they're different size drives and you aren't planning on using them long-term). USB ports on a new computer can handle the power requirements.

The SCSI drive is a different issue and could get expensive (PCI SCSI controller? Are drivers even available in WIN10?). Might be cheaper to take it to a data recovery company if you really need something on that one.

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Hardware question [View all] matt819 Oct 2019 OP

A computer repair shop may help. SCSI? Wow! That's from the early days of home computers. brush Oct 2019 #1

There are a whole bunch of Hard Drive Docking Station nykym Oct 2019 #2

I hadn't come across that matt819 Oct 2019 #6

A SATA to USB cable will probably do it FBaggins Oct 2019 #3

Agreed on the SATA to USB cable DonaldsRump Oct 2019 #4

If you're accumulating hard drives, you really need to keep one of these around: eppur_se_muova Oct 2019 #5