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<blockquote data-quote="PGB1" data-source="post: 1398379" data-attributes="member: 76746">Thank you Chscag for replying.To be honest, I've forgotten more than I knew about system interfaces- And that was not a whole lot.I looked on the original receipt from when I bought one of the computers &amp; it sated SATA hard drive. But, who knows if that's right.Then, I went to Western Digital's site &amp; looked up one of the WD drives. It says &quot;40 Pin EIDE&quot;.&nbsp; Next, I looked at the USB-HD adapter&nbsp; I have. It has two ends. One says IDE (For CD I guess) &amp; the end that fits the drives says SATA.Next, I looked at the motherboard one of them came off &amp; the controller card another was on. No clues there. Then, I looked at the manual for that motherboard. All it says it IDE 1 &amp; IDE 2 for the slots. I couldn't find information about the NEC yet &amp; you already confirmed the Seagate is ATA.Does any of that help figure out which type they are? How do I tell the difference?Also, if they are all ATA, like the Seagate is, is there a way to get at them with the USB adapter? I tried in Windows XP &amp; 98SE.&nbsp; But via VirtualBox is the only way I can access Windows.&nbsp; XP sees each one in Device Manager, but not in Disk management or Explorer, so there's no formatting them from Windows. DOS won't see the USB.I sure appreciate you help (and the education!)Paul</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PGB1, post: 1398379, member: 76746"] Thank you Chscag for replying. To be honest, I've forgotten more than I knew about system interfaces- And that was not a whole lot. I looked on the original receipt from when I bought one of the computers & it sated SATA hard drive. But, who knows if that's right. Then, I went to Western Digital's site & looked up one of the WD drives. It says "40 Pin EIDE". Next, I looked at the USB-HD adapter I have. It has two ends. One says IDE (For CD I guess) & the end that fits the drives says SATA. Next, I looked at the motherboard one of them came off & the controller card another was on. No clues there. Then, I looked at the manual for that motherboard. All it says it IDE 1 & IDE 2 for the slots. I couldn't find information about the NEC yet & you already confirmed the Seagate is ATA. Does any of that help figure out which type they are? How do I tell the difference? Also, if they are all ATA, like the Seagate is, is there a way to get at them with the USB adapter? I tried in Windows XP & 98SE. But via VirtualBox is the only way I can access Windows. XP sees each one in Device Manager, but not in Disk management or Explorer, so there's no formatting them from Windows. DOS won't see the USB. I sure appreciate you help (and the education!) Paul [/QUOTE]

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