On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:49 PM, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Paul Sorenson > <allarou...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> It should be a standard size. More importantly you need to determine if >> it's a serial (SATA) or parallel (PATA) drive and get a USB case to match. >> Given the age, it's more than likely parallel. > > I'm guessing there will be something marked on it.?? > > Dave
You can tell by connector type. If it's a wide ribbon cable (with 2 rows of pins in the plug on the drive) it's IDE/PATA. if it's a skinny cable with a weird connector it's SATA. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
