Turning an external CD-RW into a external HDD.

[Pseudonym]

I've wanted an external HDD for a while, but been too cheap to actually buy one. Anyway, i found my old CD-RW and ripped it apart, got rid of the rewriter itself and am left with a case, and a circuit board.

The circuit board has power and an IDE cable (See Piccies)





Do you think,

A: it would work and

B: it would be worth it.

 

[Ham]

try it with a drive that don't matter?

 

[nathan]

dont think anyone can give you an 100% accurate answer, try it and see!

 

[Pseudonym]

Fair enough. Now to find a hard drive.

 

[Toxcity]

Wow, this will be interesting to see!

Good luck Mate!

 

[Joe]

Depends on the specs of the Chip(s) on that board..

goog the chip code

if its a pure IDE > USB bridge setup then yes it shd work fine (im intrigued as to if it supports 48-bit LBA)...

it if its a IDE>USB bridge that is hard coded to report as a Specific CD-RW on the other hand............