Will Western Digital older IDE hard drives , 2.5 and 3.5 work on it?
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HDDs under 100gig will not work, I tried my old 20s 50s 60s etc,.. they would not work 100+ is ok.
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It worked great on my 3.5 drives, both IDE and serial ATA. I don't have any 2.5 drives, so I can't answer to that.
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Yes it should work with all SATA and IDE drives up to 2 TB. Only some really old drives that don't support LBA might have issues.
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It should, that is a small drive. Is it an IDE drive? If it is, yes it would work.
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According to the specs on the Amazon site this drive is backwards compatible w/2.0 so you will be able to use it on 2.0 & 3.0 machines. The only difference will be the transfer speeds.
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I have not tied that specific drive but used Western Digital 500 gb, Acomdata 120 gb and some USB thumb drives. Everything worked fine. I think as long as the hard drive can be connected via USB 2.0 it should work.
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It will work for SATA not IDE. Google images of SATA vs IDE and compare the pins (where HD connects to your computer) on the hard drive. You can see the diff there easily. Please give me a helpful vote on Amazon.
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Hi, it will not work IDE connections. You probably need to check on the system requirements if your computer system meet that minimum requirement because you might be able to convert from IDE to SATA for this drive. However, if your computer has an older OS than Window XP, then we recommend getting an older IDE drive to match with the dd1603 because that drive works with a lot of very old computers. Very likely, we don't recommend using this drive on those type of old computer systems if involves Optorite DD1603. The minimum system requirements is the key for this drive to work even if you convert the connection to SATA. Hi, it will not work IDE connections. You probably need to check on the system requirements if your computer system meet that minimum requirement because you might be able to convert from IDE to SATA for this drive. However, if your computer has an older OS than Window XP, then we recommend getting an older IDE drive to match with the dd1603 because that drive works with a lot of very old computers. Very likely, we don't recommend using this drive on those type of old computer systems if involves Optorite DD1603. The minimum system requirements is the key for this drive to work even if you... » Read More Hi, it will not work IDE connections. You probably need to check on the system requirements if your computer system meet that minimum requirement because you might be able to convert from IDE to SATA for this drive. However, if your computer has an older OS than Window XP, then we recommend getting an older IDE drive to match with the dd1603 because that drive works with a lot of very old computers. Very likely, we don't recommend using this drive on those type of old computer systems if involves Optorite DD1603. The minimum system requirements is the key for this drive to work even if you convert the connection to SATA. « Show Less
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Yes Generic 40GB IDE 2.5 will perfectly fit your requirement.RegardsPrashant
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I would imagine that since its made by western digital that it would only work with western digital hard drives.
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I would say no, becaues a machine old enough to have Win95 will have IDE connections and not the SATA required by the drive. A more detail explanation of the difference is explained here http://www.diffen.com/difference/IDE_vs_SATA
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No, for 2 reasons. 1 - The product description says that it works with IDE drives up to a maximum capacity of 320 GB, and 2 - IDE drives don't go up to 2TB. If you have a 2TB drive, it's probably a SATA drive, which won't work with this product.
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Yes and yes. I used it on win 7 before upgrading to 8 where it also works flawlessly -to connect both and older ide HD and an extra data DVD re writer. Perfect device.
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If it works with SATA/PATA/IDE drives of any kind, then yes it will. But be warned, make sure that you get one that's working properly and undefective, perferably a new one. Trust me, I got mine new and it works fine.
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I don't know, but you can look up the drive specifications on the Western Digital website.
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Yes. The first bullet point in their description reads: * Support for standard 2.5 "and 3.5" SATA hard drives (SATA-I/II/III); Compatible Operating Systems with Windows 2000/ XP /Vista/ 7/ 8, Mac OS 9.1/10.8.4 or above; Backward compatible with USB 2.0 /1.1 connections
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Don't know enough to answer your questions about all drives in the world. But It worked like a champ on my old Western Digital 10 GB IDE drive. Can't figure why it wouldn't work on most other working IDE drives. Had no occasion to try the SATA cable yet. Can only assume it would work similarly. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
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Only if you have SATA connections available to work with...otherwise find an IDE drive.
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None...you install the hard drives you want, If you go to their website you can find out a lot of answers. www.bufflaotech.com