Question Run 23 year old hard drive

[edc01]

If you're so kind I've got a question about a hard drive.

I have a 1996 Western Digital Caviar 2850 (853MB - 1654 cyl - 16 heads - 63spt). It was originally used on a long gone IBM Aptiva with Windows 95.

I'm trying to locate a motherboard with IDE connector so I can try recover the data. Do you think an Asrock motherboard from 2009 will do the job? Or will I have compatibility issues?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Wrecker75]

I would just purchase a USB hard drive dock with IDE or a SATA to IDE adapter.

 

[edc01]

I would just purchase a USB hard drive dock with IDE or a SATA to IDE adapter.

So that will work on Windows 10 with a modern mobo?

I read some articles about incompatibilities between modern mobos that can't communicate with "CHS" hard drives.

I'll gladly buy the dock but I want to have some certainty that it will work.

 

[Wrecker75]

To my knowledge the drives are recognized by most adapters, the issue is settings for addressing a CHS drive as you mention. There is software that allows it PC3000 which from what I hear is expencive but I want to say I have seen others which of course I can't find off hand.

There are adapters available cheap that also specify compatibility with the PC3000 software which would probably help any other software with addressing CHS drives.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8HtDccjpX0

https://www.amazon.com/SATA-Adapter-PC-3000-Repair-Recovery/dp/B0078PWEGS

 

[edc01]

Great. I'll go into that direction. Ty.

 

[Wrecker75]

Secret option #3 just popped into my head, Clint of LGR on Youtube might be willing to help if all you need is the Data off it and it isn't sensitive. His channel is based on old tech, he has machines going back to running off 5 1/4" hard drives...

Could be the cheapest fastest option if you are in the US and just want the data.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-VBITW94zI

 

[edc01]

That guy has some interesting videos.
I'm not in the US but I may contact him if can't get it to work myself.

 

[Wrecker75]

Absolutely, while most people wouldn't be interested because it isn't the latest, greatest and most powerful PCs. Even when he gets things that are before my time (so I don't get the nostalgia feel from it), it's interesting to to me to see how far we've come.

 

[TerryLaze]

To my knowledge the drives are recognized by most adapters, the issue is settings for addressing a CHS drive as you mention. There is software that allows it PC3000 which from what I hear is expencive but I want to say I have seen others which of course I can't find off hand.

There are adapters available cheap that also specify compatibility with the PC3000 software which would probably help any other software with addressing CHS drives.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8HtDccjpX0

https://www.amazon.com/SATA-Adapter-PC-3000-Repair-Recovery/dp/B0078PWEGS

You are thinking way too complicated.
If you connect the drive to windows via any means,you can just make a VM running dos (or a fresh copy of win95) and give it access to the whole disk.
You can then use any dos software like norton ghost or any free soft to make a clone,or just use the dos copy command to copy any files you want to a second disk.

You only need recovery software if the drive is kaputt and if it is chances for recovering data are really bad.

 

[fzabkar]

Linux can read a drive in CHS mode provided that it is connected to an IDE port on a motherboard. It doesn't matter if the BIOS doesn't have explicit CHS mode settings.