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