How do I get these HDDs to become compatible (w/ super awesome picture)

[Mark747]

Hi everyone,

I have an old 500GB external HDD and I decided to upgrade it to a 1TB HDD.  The old and new are both Seagate, the new being a Barracuda.  However on pulling out the old one I found the differences that you can see in the picture below.



Is there any way I can get the new to work with the old?  (the cables in the caddy for the old HDD obviously won't currently fit the new one)
Or and I just out of luck and there's no way to easily get new HDD to work with this caddy?

Cheers,
Mark

[BC_Programmer]

you would need an IDE to SATA adapter. It might not fit in the case though.

You would be better off simply purchasing a SATA enclosure and putting the new SATA Drive in that and having an additional external drive.

[patio]

A new powered caddy with a cooling fan can be had for approx 40 Bucks U.S.
If that's not in the budget try BC's advice above...

[samlacz]

the old hard disk is a IDE and the new is a SATA. there are two ways to retrieve your data. you have to slave the new Hard disk, don't forget to set IDE (old) to master in the BIOS. the second way is to buy 3.5 inches enclosure, you have to select SATA connection in buying encosure.