Question Found an HDD, does it work on my pc?

[Iniaskle]

Hi!

Today was a lucky day for me, I'm a job student at a container park and sometimes I check the electronic section and I found 2 drives, 1 SSD and 1 I believe laptop HDD, I'm very lucky that the SSD is working because I was planning on buying one, and having an extra one is pretty nice too! I found this HDD as well:

https://imgur.com/a/6F0Vlxd

View: https://imgur.com/a/6F0Vlxd
. Is there a way that I can hook it up with my pc, It does not have SATA or a power connector. Thanks!

 

[DSzymborski]

That's a very old IDE hard drive (late 90s). Not really any use in a modern PC as it's a 6.2 GB hard drive.

 

[USAFRet]

Model# DK228A-65.
https://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/E/1998/980513B.html

6.5GB
IDE interface
4,200 RPM
Possibly 20 years old

Let me repeat that....6.5GB.
A $5 USB flash drive has 5x the capacity.

Fridge magnet donor.

 

[USAFRet]

Also, be very careful about plugging random drives into your PC.
Unless, of course, you like random viruses.

 

[DSzymborski]

I have to admit, I'd probably open it up on a spare PC without anything crucial on it, simply out of curiosity.

 

[USAFRet]

I have to admit, I'd probably open it up on a spare PC without anything crucial on it, simply out of curiosity.

Right. That's what my old Tosh laptop and a USB dock is for, testing junk like this.
Nothing even a little bit critical on it...if it gets corrupted, recover the whole thing from a Macrium image.

 

[Iniaskle]

That's a very old IDE hard drive (late 90s). Not really any use in a modern PC as it's a 6.2 GB hard drive.

6.2GB? Screw that I will throw it away, It is probably is pretty slow so yeah.