Hello, As some may recall, I suffered a hardware failure of a 10 yr old IBM Netvista back in January. I was backing up my personal data, 'My Documents', to my CentOS server but I apparently didn't get my emails. It was a main board failure and I believe the data is still good on the hard drive. Only problem, its an IDE drive and my server and new PC have SATA drives. Is it possible to install the old drive as a secondary drive into a newer PC with SATA drives? If so, how do I do this? I need to access the emails. This was a Windows XP machine using Outlook as the mail client. TIA!!!!!!
It can be mounted as an external or secondary drive. However, it is more likely not to work. If you really have to recover data from the drive, it will have to betaken to a data recover company. They look at the drive, find out its geometries and hardware configuration. Then the data surfaces, platters, or whatever are removed delicately will have to be removed and mounted in a drive that exactly matches the original drive electronic configuration and geometries. And its not cheap or guaranteed to work. I have numerous old drives that quite working. You just say goodbye to those bits and bytes. On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 8:01 PM, TE Dukes <tdukes at palmettoshopper.com> wrote:> Hello, > > As some may recall, I suffered a hardware failure of a 10 yr old IBM > Netvista back in January. I was backing up my personal data, 'My > Documents', > to my CentOS server but I apparently didn't get my emails. > > It was a main board failure and I believe the data is still good on the > hard > drive. Only problem, its an IDE drive and my server and new PC have SATA > drives. > > Is it possible to install the old drive as a secondary drive into a newer > PC > with SATA drives? If so, how do I do this? I need to access the emails. > > This was a Windows XP machine using Outlook as the mail client. > > TIA!!!!!! > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- ----------------- Hal Wigoda Chicago
On 26/10/16 09:01 PM, TE Dukes wrote:> Hello, > > As some may recall, I suffered a hardware failure of a 10 yr old IBM > Netvista back in January. I was backing up my personal data, 'My Documents', > to my CentOS server but I apparently didn't get my emails. > > It was a main board failure and I believe the data is still good on the hard > drive. Only problem, its an IDE drive and my server and new PC have SATA > drives. > > Is it possible to install the old drive as a secondary drive into a newer PC > with SATA drives? If so, how do I do this? I need to access the emails. > > This was a Windows XP machine using Outlook as the mail client. > > TIA!!!!!!There are plenty of IDE to USB adapters out there, so one of those is probably best. Here's what amazon has when searching for 'ide to usb': https://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ide+to+usb Most should work fine in Linux, but if you narrow down a specific make/model, a quick google search should confirm linux support. -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education?
On 10/26/2016 6:01 PM, TE Dukes wrote:> As some may recall, I suffered a hardware failure of a 10 yr old IBM > Netvista back in January. I was backing up my personal data, 'My Documents', > to my CentOS server but I apparently didn't get my emails. > > It was a main board failure and I believe the data is still good on the hard > drive. Only problem, its an IDE drive and my server and new PC have SATA > drives. > > Is it possible to install the old drive as a secondary drive into a newer PC > with SATA drives? If so, how do I do this? I need to access the emails. > > This was a Windows XP machine using Outlook as the mail client.you would need an IDE controller to do that. I have one that is external and connects via USB, also came with a drive power supply... something like this, https://www.amazon.com/Vantec-CB-ISATAU2-Supports-2-5-Inch-5-25-Inch/dp/B000J01I1G (works with SATA, 3.5 and 2.5" IDE, and has power supply connectors for both SATA and IDE style power) -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
On 26/10/16 09:11 PM, John R Pierce wrote:> On 10/26/2016 6:01 PM, TE Dukes wrote: >> As some may recall, I suffered a hardware failure of a 10 yr old IBM >> Netvista back in January. I was backing up my personal data, 'My >> Documents', >> to my CentOS server but I apparently didn't get my emails. >> >> It was a main board failure and I believe the data is still good on >> the hard >> drive. Only problem, its an IDE drive and my server and new PC have SATA >> drives. >> >> Is it possible to install the old drive as a secondary drive into a >> newer PC >> with SATA drives? If so, how do I do this? I need to access the emails. >> >> This was a Windows XP machine using Outlook as the mail client. > > you would need an IDE controller to do that. I have one that is > external and connects via USB, also came with a drive power supply... > > something like this, > https://www.amazon.com/Vantec-CB-ISATAU2-Supports-2-5-Inch-5-25-Inch/dp/B000J01I1G > (works with SATA, 3.5 and 2.5" IDE, and has power supply connectors for > both SATA and IDE style power)I had this specific one and it worked fine in linux. -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education?
> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of John R Pierce > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 9:12 PM > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] [OT] How to recover data from an IDE drive > > On 10/26/2016 6:01 PM, TE Dukes wrote: > > As some may recall, I suffered a hardware failure of a 10 yr old IBM > > Netvista back in January. I was backing up my personal data, 'My > > Documents', to my CentOS server but I apparently didn't get my emails. > > > > It was a main board failure and I believe the data is still good on > > the hard drive. Only problem, its an IDE drive and my server and new > > PC have SATA drives. > > > > Is it possible to install the old drive as a secondary drive into a > > newer PC with SATA drives? If so, how do I do this? I need to access the > emails. > > > > This was a Windows XP machine using Outlook as the mail client. > > you would need an IDE controller to do that. I have one that is > external and connects via USB, also came with a drive power supply... > > something like this, > https://www.amazon.com/Vantec-CB-ISATAU2-Supports-2-5-Inch-5-25- > Inch/dp/B000J01I1G > (works with SATA, 3.5 and 2.5" IDE, and has power supply connectors for > both SATA and IDE style power) > > > -- > john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz >WOW!! Thanks!! Didn't know there was something like that! Thought I was going to have to buy an older PC on eBay or something. I have tons of stuff over the years that I would like to retrieve off old hard drives. I junked the old PCs but not the HDs. You guys are awesome!! Thanks!!
While IDE-to-USB is probably the easier option to use, I got an IDE-to-Sata adapter on eBay for almost nothing (of course, you have to wait for it to arrive directly from China). If you go this route, the thing I learned from the experience was to set the IDE drive to master (there won't be a slave unless you get a one-to-two converter - I didn't see one of the latter). Also, unless the converter goes both ways, pay attention to which is the controller side and which is the drive side. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Digimer" <lists at alteeve.ca> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 8:10:05 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] [OT] How to recover data from an IDE drive On 26/10/16 09:01 PM, TE Dukes wrote:> Hello, > > As some may recall, I suffered a hardware failure of a 10 yr old IBM > Netvista back in January. I was backing up my personal data, 'My Documents', > to my CentOS server but I apparently didn't get my emails. > > It was a main board failure and I believe the data is still good on the hard > drive. Only problem, its an IDE drive and my server and new PC have SATA > drives. > > Is it possible to install the old drive as a secondary drive into a newer PC > with SATA drives? If so, how do I do this? I need to access the emails. > > This was a Windows XP machine using Outlook as the mail client. > > TIA!!!!!!There are plenty of IDE to USB adapters out there, so one of those is probably best. Here's what amazon has when searching for 'ide to usb': https://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ide+to+usb Most should work fine in Linux, but if you narrow down a specific make/model, a quick google search should confirm linux support. -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education? _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos