Question : Problem: Hardware: what type of hard drive do I have

Hello,

I recently had to move my wife from her old Mac Centris 660AV computer to a new Windows Vista laptop (I know, but there was really no choice).

Anyway, I have absolutely no cable that I can use to connect the old Mac to the new laptop so i borrowed a 3.5" Hard Drive external enclosure with USB from the office.  It requires a 3.5" IDE or S-ATA hard drive.

Well, the old hard drive is a Quantum 3.5" hard drive - 1 GB.  It doesn't say IDE or ATA or anything else and I sure can't remember what it is.

In the end the hard drive enclosure I am using has a narrower cable plug.  The power plug is OK (white-4 pronged) but the strap cable is about 4 sets of pins narrower.  I'm trying right now to plug the hard drive in so that the cable is centered but I don't think it's going to work.

Any ideas or suggestions out there?

Thanks, Jerry

Answer : Problem: Hardware: what type of hard drive do I have

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_quadra/stats/mac_quadra_660av.html

Should be a SCSI HDD.....

USB 1.1 To SCSI Adapter
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=USB2SCSI&cm_mmc=Froogle-_-Controllers/Adapters-_-USBAdapters-_-USB2SCSI&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=USB2SCSI