No. You need an external enclosure that supports a SATA drive.
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> Conversation: will 2.5 ide external hd enclosure work with sata hd
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> my 640m? TIA
> Subject: will 2.5 ide external hd enclosure work with sata hd from my
> 640m? TIA
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> vista wil not boot after i mess with partition magic 8.5 so now i need
> to get a external enclosure to copy important files beore reinstall
> vista again. since the hd is sata drive, will the ide enclosure work
> with it? TIA