[Carol D]

Hello dear techxperts

I have data on a still working 386 dos drive. I also have an ide - sata usb cable. wondering if a HD of this (ahem) vintage would work with the cable to transfer files to my vista laptop.

I also have a colorado tape drive on the same system, and am following up on trying to be able to transfer
the backup tape to a CD.

TIA
Carol

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you should be able to access the old drive via the IDE adapter. the drive should be in the FAT file system (hopefully) which vista can access.

[dsenette]

you should be able to access the old drive via the IDE adapter. the drive should be in the FAT file system (hopefully) which vista can access.

[Carol D]

Hi dsenette

Thx for the reply - pretty sure it's a FAT format - going for it and crossing finger

Much appreciated