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I just got an external HDD case which is IDE/SATA with USB/eSATA connections. However my HDD is IDE, so can i connect it to my rig with eSATA or does it have to be USB?

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Pretty sure the internal connection and external connections dont matter. So you should be able to use either one to plug it into the machine.

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Hmm, weird, thats what I thought but it doesn't recognize the HDD when I plug it in via eSATA, any suggestions?

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Re: External HDD Question

the eSata connector on the enclosure is probably just a passthrough for a SATA drive.

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