- Dec 23, 2004
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Is your old computer now disassembled? You could have used it to load the Windows DVD onto a (large) thumb drive or SD card (assuming you have an SD reader). Any other computers with DVD drives available to you now?
The laptop DVD drive isn't of much use without an adapter, and clearly, you can't mount it in the desktop case. But if you want to go that route, the adapter is a slimline SATA adapter, and is usually about $10 in the U.S.
The IDE/SATA adapter is a possibility - never tried one, so I can't say whether it will work. But judging from reviews, I'd say there's a 50/50 chance it won't work:
http://www.amazon.com/IDE-SATA-Adapter/dp/B000RK89M4
http://www.amazon.com/Ultra-ULT40322.../dp/B001TJ9P98
By the way, does your power supply have SATA power cables? You'd need them if you were to use a new DVD drive.
I didn't dismantle the PC yet, typing from it now. I have a USB w/r and an 8gb SD card I use with my GoPro. Is this the preferred way?
http://digiex.net/guides-reviews/gu...ws-7-windows-vista-usb-stick-memory-card.html
I'll figure something out for the DVD drive. Do the new ones use the same two SATA cables (small duplicate-ended red cable one for data, larger SATA/molex ended one for power) that my HDDs use? If so, I have plenty.
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I'll get this adapter for the laptop drive. The physical mount isn't critical for me. My PSU appears to have a nice molex-> whatever that 4-pin power connector is called. And Ill get a kick out of not throwing something perfectly good in the trash with a vintage hacker image and saving a bit of money on a new drive:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/エスエージェー-スリム...1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1365001740&sr=1-1
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