final thread on this hard drive mess!

[tjones136 at cox.net]

I'm going to take a guess that the CD drive and the dead HD are connected to the same built-in controller on the motherboard.  The controller is lighting the LED to let you know that disk access is occurring.  It's not picky about which device is being accessed.

---- Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> I was wondering..... when I boot the computer with the dead drive with a
> live CD the computer accesses the hard drive (at least the HD light comes
> on). Why is this?
> 
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > hmmmm, not exactly what I'm looking for but...
> >
> > http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Welland-Greenstar-3-5-v-ATA-HDD-Casing-WD3200JB-320gb-/170730570935?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item27c055c4b7I looked for half an hour (not counting what I've done already) The above
> > is all I've found!
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I was thinking of ot for a back up thing.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> None of them since I would not buy anything from Tiger Direct.  But
> >>> beyond that you do not had USB 2 or esata on your machine so none of them
> >>> will work decently without buying an adapter and even then using them on
> >>> USB as your main drive would suck.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I was thinking i would get a crasle (the correct term!) and just make a
> >>>> collection of old ide drives.
> >>>>
> >>>> which do you think is better?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4259603&CatId=2785
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4199417&CatId=2785
> >>>>
> >>>> or
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5605253&CatId=2785
> >>>>
> >>>> (found at: *http://tinyurl.com/7pbqxfc)*
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Thanks for saying that . I was thinking the same thing but didn't want
> >>>>> to say anything. Silly me!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com>wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> That looks like it should work though I would probably go for one of
> >>>>>> the refurbished unit for like $8 instead if the "new" one that was
> >>>>>> manufactured 2-3 years ago for $60.  In fact, for $8 I might buy two "just
> >>>>>> in case" since they are basically only warranted to work on arrival.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> is this the right one to get?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-ST340014A-40GB-7200RPM-warranty/dp/B00020ITLU
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