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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 8:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Middle_Seat
If your computer has an eSATA port, you might see if you can find an external case for your IDE drive that also has eSATA.

I have no direct experience, but I hear it's a very fast data transfer system.
I don't know if IDE to eSATA external enclosure is even available, and even if it is, it would be very expensive and probably more than purchasing 500G SATA drive.
It will be cheaper to just buy PCI IDE controller card or USB enclosure.
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