-- Posted by yoshiness at 6:35 pm on June 17, 2009 We're installing a SATA hard drive on our computer, and we're thinking it's too new for our 10 year old computer. Our old hard drive used a huge flat gray wire connector, and our new one doesn't have a place for that. The wires that came with it we can't find a place to plug them in. Our old hard drive was 80 GB, and our new hard drive is 500 GB. :/ -- Posted by oink at 6:36 pm on June 17, 2009 Your old drive uses IDE -- Posted by yoshiness at 6:37 pm on June 17, 2009 Must we return it? -- Posted by pclueless92 at 6:38 pm on June 17, 2009 You probably she get a new computer. -- Posted by Dexter Ward at 6:38 pm on June 17, 2009 You should probably return the drive. If your really desperate I think ( but I won't swear) they have a PCI card you can plug in to use it. I can't tell you how much it would cost you however. -- Posted by yoshiness at 6:39 pm on June 17, 2009 Quote: from pclueless92 at 8:38 pm on June 17, 2009 You probably she get a new computer. We're not made of money. -- Posted by oink at 6:41 pm on June 17, 2009 There might be an adapter for sata - ide but im not sure if they're any good etc, might want to wait for someone else. -- Posted by pegger21 at 6:43 pm on June 17, 2009 god, i wonder when the last parallel cable HDD was made. -- Posted by espresso8097 at 6:50 pm on June 17, 2009 Quote: from yoshiness at 8:37 pm on June 17, 2009 Must we return it? No, but you will have to buy a SATA controller.   This one is cheap, but limited to 1.5Gb/s.  But you shouldn't notice much of a difference if you could run 3.0Gb/s anyway. http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=CL-SL3114&cpc=SCH -- Posted by Macropiper at 12:27 am on June 18, 2009 Returning the disc and saving to buy a new computer is a more cost effective option than trying to upgrade a 10 year old computer in any manner, assuming it still mostly has components from 1999 in it. -- Posted by espresso8097 at 10:42 am on June 18, 2009 Quote: from Macropiper at 2:27 am on June 18, 2009 Returning the disc and saving to buy a new computer is a more cost effective option than trying to upgrade a 10 year old computer in any manner, assuming it still mostly has components from 1999 in it. Probably the best idea.  Just get a cheap new PC. This is under $300, but would be a far step up from what you have.  I'm not a fan of the brand, but it would still get the job done. -- Posted by wind at 6:31 pm on June 26, 2009 Quote: from pegger21 at 8:43 pm on June 17, 2009 god, i wonder when the last parallel cable HDD was made. ? lol its not over yet they are still makeing them -- Posted by mtguy8787 at 6:35 pm on June 26, 2009 Like someone said, you need a IDE-to-SATA controller, which run 15-25 bucks. But a 10 year old computer is really, really old.