I need an adapter that's SATA on one side to plug into a small 2.5" hard drive (both power and data), and on the other I need either a female male 50-pin PATA plug. I found ONE online, but it's a ...

I have to admit, I'm somewhat surprised that SATA has not really penetrated laptop devices all that much as of yet. I've been toying around with a potential case design in my head - nothing on ...

If you haven’t got a pata adapter this could help you in a pinch! Report comment. Reply. Steven Clark says: August 10, 2020 at 7:17 pm You gotta quit running hardware from userspace my dudes.

Make sure that the adapter you buy can connect to the hard drive you want to use. Most hard drives made in the last two decades use SATA connectors while some older drives use PATA .