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bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

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Bangee5 Loc: Louisiana

My brother and I had brought one like that. A IDE/SATA to USB 3.0. His old computer burned out but SATA hard drives where still good. Works great for $30.00 There are cheaper ones out there this one works with laptop drives as well.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/usb-3-0-2-0-to-sata-ide-hard-disk-drive-adapter-cable-for-windows-98-2000-me-xp-vista-win-7-mac-os/1306431352.p?id=mp1306431352&skuId=1306431352&st=usb%20to%20sata%20ide%20combo%20kit&cp=2&lp=2

bcheary wrote:

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sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

SATA/IDE Drives are fantastic. I have a couple old IDE Drives that are stored in a drawer. One is for photos and one holds every program I've downloaded from internet. If I see someone throwing out a computer, I ask if I can just take the hard drive and insure them I will delete and wipe the hard drive before using it. I even offer to come back and do it in front of them using my laptop and the IDE/SATA unit.

Sarge69

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Bangee5 wrote:

My brother and I had brought one like that. A IDE/SATA to USB 3.0. His old computer burned out but SATA hard drives where still good. Works great for $30.00 There are cheaper ones out there this one works with laptop drives as well.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/usb-3-0-2-0-to-sata-ide-hard-disk-drive-adapter-cable-for-windows-98-2000-me-xp-vista-win-7-mac-os/1306431352.p?id=mp1306431352&skuId=1306431352&st=usb%20to%20sata%20ide%20combo%20kit&cp=2&lp=2

Thank you. :-D

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

sarge69 wrote:

SATA/IDE Drives are fantastic. I have a couple old IDE Drives that are stored in a drawer. One is for photos and one holds every program I've downloaded from internet. If I see someone throwing out a computer, I ask if I can just take the hard drive and insure them I will delete and wipe the hard drive before using it. I even offer to come back and do it in front of them using my laptop and the IDE/SATA unit.

Sarge69

:thumbup: :thumbup: :-D

pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"

sarge69 wrote:

SATA/IDE Drives are fantastic. I have a couple old IDE Drives that are stored in a drawer. One is for photos and one holds every program I've downloaded from internet. If I see someone throwing out a computer, I ask if I can just take the hard drive and insure them I will delete and wipe the hard drive before using it. I even offer to come back and do it in front of them using my laptop and the IDE/SATA unit.

Sarge69

A company I was working for last year was throwing 7 laptops in the dumpster. I saw our janitor heading to the dumpster with them on a hand truck. I asked him to hold up and went and asked the company owner if I could have them and he said sure. They didn't bother to wipe the drives. Some interesting stuff on there concerning billing and foreign contracts. I started gutting them after formatting the drives. I was able to use the hard drives and memory. :thumbup:

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

pounder35 wrote:

A company I was working for last year was throwing 7 laptops in the dumpster. I saw our janitor heading to the dumpster with them on a hand truck. I asked him to hold up and went and asked the company owner if I could have them and he said sure. They didn't bother to wipe the drives. Some interesting stuff on there concerning billing and foreign contracts. I started gutting them after formatting the drives. I was able to use the hard drives and memory. :thumbup:

Did you pass on the info about the hard drives and the possibly sensitive info on the hard drives to your company owner ?

Sarge69

pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"

sarge69 wrote:

Did you pass on the info about the hard drives and the possibly sensitive info on the hard drives to your company owner ?

Sarge69

Indirectly. I talked to one of his IT guys and told him I'd wipe the drives. Didn't want to get the kid in trouble with the big boss man. A few days later the owner thanked me for pointing it out.