Well I saw a good deal and thought it was what I needed but turns out it has ATA connectors not SATA. Is there any way I can get a connector to go from SATA to ATA or vise verca? This seems like a really good enclosure plus it was free after rebate. Am I SOL?
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External Enclosure help needed.
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If you have a SATA drive, you'll need a SATA enclosure.
There are adapters for use in desktop computers, but there simply isn't the space for them in any external enclosure out there to my knowledge. Beyond that, there will come a time not far from now when the adapter will detrimentally affect performance (it already does if you have a genuine SATA II drive). You can get the enclosure, but you'll have to buy a PATA drive. 'Free' isn't worthwhile if it won't work, no matter how tempting it is.
There are adapters for use in desktop computers, but there simply isn't the space for them in any external enclosure out there to my knowledge. Beyond that, there will come a time not far from now when the adapter will detrimentally affect performance (it already does if you have a genuine SATA II drive). You can get the enclosure, but you'll have to buy a PATA drive. 'Free' isn't worthwhile if it won't work, no matter how tempting it is.
CanadaRAM clued me on to one Coolmax enclosure (see this thread) that can handle either SATA or PATA drives, but yeah, sorry for your bad luck. 