I have a small ATA disk, a big SATA disk, and an old computer that supports only ATA. Can I unscrew the ATA controller from the disk and attach it to the other disk?
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No, you can't. The electronics to control the drive, and the firmware are on the controller card, and you can't just swap them willy nilly between systems.
You could get a adaptor to use the SATA disk with a pata connector however.
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He can Google for "SATA to PATA adapter" and find what he needs. – Justin Pearce Dec 15 '11 at 05:31
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precisely. as opposed to hacking apart something in the vain hope that it works – Journeyman Geek Dec 15 '11 at 05:35