Any problem adding old IDE drive to EIDE controller?

Can I just add an old IDE drive (about 7-8 years old) to an EIDE interface
without experiencing any problems? Can I safely read it without causing any
data loss?

Thanks.

Tony Zackin

"Tony Zackin" <tzackin@mailblocks.com> wrote in message
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> Can I just add an old IDE drive (about 7-8 years old) to an EIDE interface
> without experiencing any problems? Can I safely read it without causing
any
> data loss?
>

It may be slow...but it should work ok

Yes you safely can, BUT why would you want to? It'll be several times
slower than a modern harddrive.

--
DaveW



"Tony Zackin" <tzackin@mailblocks.com> wrote in message
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> Can I just add an old IDE drive (about 7-8 years old) to an EIDE interface
> without experiencing any problems? Can I safely read it without causing
any
> data loss?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tony Zackin
>
>

> Can I just add an old IDE drive (about 7-8 years old) to an EIDE interface
> without experiencing any problems? Can I safely read it without causing
any
> data loss?

Outside of the size and speed of it, it will work fine. I installed win 98
on the same type of setup a while back. Crashed the origional hard drive
for some reason and all I had to check the system with was a 420 mb drive.
Worked fine except for the speed.

Thanks to all for your response. The reason I want to do it is to be able
to move data from an old machine to a newer one. Once the data are moved
the old drive would be used for archiving.

On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 05:31:24 GMT, "Tony Zackin"
<tzackin@mailblocks.com> wrote:

>Thanks to all for your response. The reason I want to do it is to be able
>to move data from an old machine to a newer one. Once the data are moved
>the old drive would be used for archiving.
>

Well if that's the reason it might be easier in the long run to simply
put a NIC (network adapter) in whichever PC doesn't have one already,
then you're able to move data to and fro.

Tony Zackin wrote:

> Thanks to all for your response. The reason I want to do it is to be able
> to move data from an old machine to a newer one. Once the data are moved
> the old drive would be used for archiving.


If it's not a UDMA drive, (i.e. it's an old PIO drive) don't slave it to the
fast drive.
--

Stacey

On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:07:42 GMT, "DaveW" <none@zero.org> wrote::

>Yes you safely can, BUT why would you want to? It'll be several times
>slower than a modern harddrive.

One possibility might be to retrieve the data off of it. It might be
slow as a slug, but plugging in the drive and copying directly off it
is certainly faster than transfering it other ways.

There may be other reasons, but it's the only one I can think of off
hand.
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Thanks,
MCheu

How would I determine if it is or isn't UDMA and, if it is a PIO drive, what
setting do I use other than slave when connecting to the EIDE system?
Thanks.

Tony

"Tony Zackin" <tzackin@mailblocks.com> wrote in message
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> Can I just add an old IDE drive (about 7-8 years old) to an EIDE interface
> without experiencing any problems? Can I safely read it without causing
any
> data loss?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tony Zackin
>
>

On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 19:51:43 GMT, "Tony Zackin"
<tzackin@mailblocks.com> wrote:

>How would I determine if it is or isn't UDMA and, if it is a PIO drive, what
>setting do I use other than slave when connecting to the EIDE system?
>Thanks.
>

For connecting it only long enough to copy off the data, don't worry
about it... soon enough you'll have the data copied off and can remove
it again. There is no special setting to use, simply connect and
jumper appropriate to master/slave position on the cable.

If you're wanting to keep it in the system (for whatever reason, it is
NOT fit for archival purposes because it's age makes it a liability,
likely to fail sooner), then go to the manufacturer's website and
download the spec sheet, which will detail the fastest access mode it
supports. "Old" is relative... most drives of 1GB or faster do
support UDMA, and AFAIK, every drive of 2-3GB or faster, support at
least UDMA/ATA33.