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Originally Posted by Xerxys
From my experience, copying anything from IDE to IDE, or IDE to SATA has always been slow. IDE purely sucks. Accessing from SATA is not a problem, its the transfer into IDE that's a bitch especially if your processor's slow.
Hmm, probably shouldn't thread jack but hey, why not, I'm looking to do the same thing too. I have a DELL Optiplex and recently my computer has been acting up, I know it's not to do with the software because the machine runs very well. The USB ports arent registering anything. I cant connect any USB device, mouse, keyboard, flash disk, printer!!! Secondly, it cant seem to pick up my SATA drive in the BIOS, it says storage device not found. Yes, I am connecting them properly. Any views on this.........
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My advice depends on whether or not it's still under warranty. If it is, send it in and have them fix it for you.
If it isn't, I would suggest that the case, properly modified, will make a lovely aquarium.
Regarding the OP, why not drop $40 on an enclosure and turn the old IDE disk into a USB drive?