In the hard drive inside SATA or IDE? I'd like to be able to take the hard drive if I needed to connect it directly to my computer.
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B. Meerdink, neither of the two information you brought are backed by the links you posted.I've been searching the internet for the same info D. Wong wants, I'm about sure there is no document on WD's website that will state which is the internal drive interface of "My Passport Essential" products. This is something only reviewers who have opened their "My Passport Essential" drives can tell us. Do you happen to own one of those? Have you opened it up?? Has anyone out there?
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I opened mine and the label on the disk says it is SATA. For what it is worth. But these new "My Passport" drives are plagued with a partition which pretends to be a read-only CD (it is called a virtual CD). It looks like U3 technology but U3 tools don't work on it. Many people have tried and failed to remove it. If you google "WD My Passport VCD" you will see what I mean. And you will probably decide to buy a Seagate drive instead.
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"This is something only reviewers who have opened their "My Passport Essential" drives can tell us."And you don't believe them? Usually the users who've actually "experienced" this offer more valuable information than the actual manufacturers do. And come to think of it, why would Western Digital let people know their new HDDs are now less versatile and flexible than they once were if they are trying to maintain their steady stream of revenue in this economic downturn? I would take the customer's word for it - caveat emptor.
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It is a WD Scorpio Blue (SATA 3 Gb/s): http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=506But newer revisions of the WD Passport seem to be unsuitable for use without the enclosure.See: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=307430
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Yes, you simply take the internal SATA hard drive and seat it into this device. Then connect this device to your PC using the provided USB cable. Assuming your PC is Windows XP or later, it should automatically detect this internal hard drive as an additional drive and you can use it just like you would an external hard drive.
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the unit has a sata connection, but i used an adapter, from ide to sata, which used a molix, and powered the unit.
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It depends on which way you are converting. IDE to Sata or Sata to IDE. Either way I suggest updating your Hardware. I had 3 of these devices and all failed within 2-3 hors of installation. The other two did not work at all.
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I am not too sure, but this is the wd website: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=600, your hard drive is in there.
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It does NOT, as it's an OEM product (bare bones, just the drive). You can pick up a SATA data cable from amazon or one of it's 3rd party amazon marketplace sellers.
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You can put the hard drive anywhere you want, But, you need the cables from your computer for connections. You can't use a USB cable. You need the same cables that are plugged into the hard drive in your computer.
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I assume you are talking about the Master Slave Jumper Pins? If you are going to use the Hard Drive as a Master then make sure the Jumper is appropriate. The Pata/IDE Hard Drive should be standard and the adapter should fit. Have you considered cloning the IDE Drive to a Sata Drive? Hope this helps!!
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This can be used with any IDE, Sata hard dirve. Just attach the ribbon cable to the ribbon 40 pin connector and attach the power cable then plug it into a usb port and turn on the switch. You will have access to the hard drive after windows loads the drivers and find it in explorer. You can read and write to the drive.
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Depends on computer. Go to profile on computer an it will list what it is. IDE is to old interface SATA in newer.
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No. This is simply the adapter that they use to convert from regular ide to their connector in the laptop. I would recommend the following from adapter eforcity - this will cover all of your needs. Just copy and paste the following into amazon search bar. "eForCity USB 2.0 To SATA IDE 3.5 2.5 Hard Drive Adapter Cable" I have a couple of these and many others from same vendor with fast, excellent service.
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It has an IDE connector. I would measure your old hard drive to make sure it will fit in this enclosure.
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No! You only open the lateral slot and connect the hard drive! The rest he do it itself
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as I understand this the IDE still gets connected to the regular power supply, I used a different IDE to SATA. hope this helps.(you do know the smaller slit of the SATA is power? try not connecting that and connect the IDE power as usual)
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No it will not it is a SATA drive you need to search for an IDE drive. That is the connection your computer has to connect to the hard drive, an IDE.
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If I remember correctly it should be under the sata section and show up there