What dose a USB/IDE disk converter mean??

I want to access my hard drive without any OS,I want to get some impotant fiiles in the C before restore tne system .


someone tell me "need at least another computer and maybe a special USB/IDE disk converter...",but what is a USB/IDE disk converter and how dose it work ? waiting online ...thanks!!

What dose a USB/IDE disk converter mean??
If it is an internal disk drive, then the connector it has is either IDE or SATA. You need a converter so the disk can plug into another computer, IDE or SATA to USB so you can plug it in to the USB port.





Without this, you will have to install the drive into another computer as a slave drive.
Reply:I agree with the first answer. There are hardware kits for about $25 that have a plug for the back connector of a regular hard drive's IDE. The kit will also include a power brick to provide voltage for the hard drive and the other end of the hard drive cable will be a USB plug. A similar setup to the above mentioned kit is a cabinet box for about $50 to make the drive an external hard drive.





The kit or box will also convert an internal IDE DVD burner to an external device that connects via USB. I personally have a box with an additional Firewire plug for my extra hard drives and DVD burners.





The IDE is a 25-pin connector plug using a flat-ribbon cable.





You could also boot your computer with DOS, FreeDOS or Linux (if your drive is not formatted NTFS) and copy files to a folder outside of Windows to retrieve later. This method would require you know the DOS file commands. But I mention this to explain why you cannot copy Win files while Win is running.
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Reply:You're just making things more complicated. Why just not take your hard drive and go to a friend and hook up your hard drive on his computer and copy all the files you needed.





Its the first time I've heard this device that you mentioned, but USB means Universal Serial Bus while IDE, HELL I don't know what it means. but i know its the flat cable connection between your hard drive, cd drive and floppy drive to your motherboard.