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I have a small ATA disk, a big SATA disk, and an old computer that supports only ATA. Can I unscrew the ATA controller from the disk and attach it to the other disk?
ATA controller on SATA hard disk
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No, you can't. The electronics to control the drive, and the firmware are on the controller card, and you can't just swap them willy nilly between systems.
You could get a adaptor to use the SATA disk with a pata connector however.
Journeyman Geek
Posted 2011-12-14T23:10:45.220
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He can Google for "SATA to PATA adapter" and find what he needs. – Justin Pearce – 2011-12-15T05:31:04.630
precisely. as opposed to hacking apart something in the vain hope that it works – Journeyman Geek – 2011-12-15T05:35:01.453