computer q

Yeah right and you will have all the time you need to learn about computers while you occupy a prison cell , only thing is under what charge ? Assault ? Attempted abduction or kiddy fiddler ? 

Stupid answer .

If i were a teenager walking past your house and you tried that you would have spent a long time in hospital .

Edited By XD 351 on 22/06/2018 10:12:40

I am of course not speaking on Bandersnatch's behalf, but I would have a wild guess that he wasn't literally serious in his comment

Edited By David Standing 1 on 22/06/2018 10:53:31

Back in 2009 [when such things were novel], I bought the then-current version of this: **LINK**

https://www.newertech.com/products/usb_universal_drive_adapter.php

It wasn't cheap, but worked beautifully.

A few years later, I found a knock-off version on ebay ...

Silly cheap, and apparently equally functional.

[sorry, can't find the ebay listing details]

MichaelG.

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Edit: Here's an example: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SATA-IDE-TO-USB-CONVERTER-UNIVERSAL-DRIVE-ADAPTER-CABLE/171006431019

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 22/06/2018 11:04:28

Why not google ICY BOX they are a stand alone unit that's plug in for 2.5 or 3.5 drives

simple usb connection to any platform and it works it all out for you

cheers

Duncan and Mick70, the problem is that these drive look like 2 1/2" and likely have different power feed arrangements to the physically larger drives normally fitted in full sized desktops.

One of these would probably work, but my earlier suggestion is a cheaper option, and has the benefit of leaving Mick with a useful external backup drive.

Bill

ordered one arrived today and recovered loads of pics etc a lot of which i had forgotten i had.

thanks to all for advice.