IDE to USB converters suddenly 10x more useful

[robg1701]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=176415

this is also good. maplin charge a whopping £23 for it too! :shakes head:

Now that could be useful, keep the IDE drives on seperate channels, none of this sharing 1 betwen master and slave, that goes down wonders when you want to use the dvd rom while your burning a dvdr ;p

[El Gordo]

I grabbed something like this off ebay a few years back. But mine has the added advantage of being able to connect notebook IDE's as well. It's a 3rd party build from Hong Kong and the quality isn't upto much but it get's the job done and is worth it's weight in gold when I get confronted with a laptop that need rescuing.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-2-0-to-IDE...QQcmdZViewItem

No power switch on this one either (unlike the Scan one). But very handy to keep in the repair bag none the less.