RE: SATA for IDE disk swap?

[Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ooh yeah that's a good idea, I never thought of that

Paul G

> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> From: mhopley@xxxxxxx
> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:11:40 +0000
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SATA for IDE disk swap?
>
> Paul,
> Could you not use a SATA -> IDE adaptor?
> That is what most people are doing for disk upgrades for Tivos.
> These adaptors on ebay are cheap and work with Tivos, might be worth a
shot
> for an xbox.
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250357693254
>
>
> Mark
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Paul Gordon
> Sent: 27 February 2010 18:13
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: [ukha_d] SATA for IDE disk swap?
>
>
> I have run out of all my old IDE hard disks, and I have a need for a
couple
> more for a couple of XBOX upgrades... I have a pile of 3 off WD3200YS
RE16
> SATA drives sat here that have had only 12-18 months use, that I
*probably*
> won't make much more use of... - these are the RAID edition models
certified
> for 24/7 use and with a longer warranty (5 years rather than 3 if
memory
> serves).
>
> Anyone want to do a swap? - I'll give you a fairly new SATA 320GB
drive in a
> straight swap for an IDE disk of at least the same size (or larger, -
but
> only up to 500GB is normally workable in an XBOX I believe)...
>
> Cheers.
>
> Paul G.
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