On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote:
> 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

Thanks. I'll open up the box today, or maybe try and boot one more time.??

Dave
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