# IDE to USB 2.0

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ide-to-usb-2-0/161815>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [September 7, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ide-to-usb-2-0/161815 "2005-09-07T12:34:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Butters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Butters](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Butters)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ide-to-usb-2-0/161815/1 "2005-09-07T12:34:36Z")

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I just bought a IDE to USB 2.0 cable from eBay. What a sweet little cable, I can use internal HD’s and CD/DVD drives I took out of my old PC on my new one without needing to open it up 🙂

Go buy one if you have internal components lying around, I now have 3 HDs or 3 DVD drives :thumb: