Subj : Re: Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive To : All From : james@nospam.com Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:21 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: james@nospam.com Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 09:03:49 -0600 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <9gka0d55a85fgg6d62v76qacjftdvtei72@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: TKghX/mglWkVW1qxlGBsyg.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134507 On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 09:17:49 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: >In message , >james@nospam.com writes: >[] >>Both the cable and drive and mothervboard have an alignment tab. They >>can only be plugged in one way. However, I could put the twisted end on >>the MB side. But now I know it belongs on the drive end. Thanks. >> >The twist determines which is drive A: and which drive B:; I don't >remember for sure which connector is A and which B. The only floppy cable I have is a single. Only one connector. (not including the MOBO end). But I do remember the double ones on some of my real old computers. I may even have another one in one of the old computers in the garage tbat I still have. But I see no reason for two floppy drives these days. Back in the DOS days I had a 3.5 and 5.25 drive on the same computer. I know I'll never use a 5.25 drive again. Anyhow, this cable is for a single floppy drive and has that twist. I kind of wonder if I used a cable without a twist, would the ONLY drive become B: instead of A:? Its funny how stuff like this fades from time. I worked on lots of the old computers with single and double floppy drives, but that was 30 years ago.... THe last time I did anything with a floppy drive was maybe 10 years ago, when I replaced a bad drive, but that was just using the existing cables. One thing about floppy drives, they seem to go bad even if they are not used. I think it's all because of dust getting in them. Computers are notorious for sucking in dust. Every year I have to vacuum out mine. And every 3 years or so I open the power supply and blow it out with an air compressor, cuz them fans really get filthy. I think they should make air filters foir them! --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .