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What kind of HDD USB converter do I need

Hi troops, I’m trying to get photos files from my dad’s old HDDs. We no longer have access to any old PCs to acutally plug them in, so I was wondering if you could point me to some sort of USB converter that would allow me to grab files from them. My cousin has a PC but it’s a newer model with more up to date connection to HDD/SSD. Disks in question:

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/46e732d1-cc49-435d-bb3d-e7f2055bad81.jpeg

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/f95da202-fb73-461d-9721-1b6f40d63d42.jpeg

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Many thanks! D

CoachDom OP ,
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I have one of these things that pops on top of my external HDD and a cable that came with it

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Is this any good?

soggybread ,

this is meant for 2.5 hard drives and while it might plug into the 2 3.5 inch sata drives you have, it likely wont be able to power it

Vince ,

See if you can get photos of the connectors sent, 80GB is probably old enough to be ide and not sata

CoachDom OP ,
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soggybread ,

The first one is IDE and the second 2 are sata. The adapter you havelikely wont work but they do make sata/ide to usb adapters that should come with the adapter you plug into the hard drive for data as well has a power brick to power the drive itself. You should be able to just look for a sata/ide to usb kit

pakitometal ,

Both seem to be SATA disks, so a SATA to USB adapter should do the trick.

CoachDom OP ,
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I just added a third disk - is this still the case? I know that one of them is a tad different. Unfortunately im not there to examine them myself and its my mom sending me the photos from home.

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