on 25. July 1998 01:32 Chuck Cooley wrote <snip> >These were from laptops that I upgraded to larger drives. >I was wondering if there is anything available that will allow me to use >these as an external backup unit or use them in a desktop that has a <snip> Hi Chuck, Your basic cable for hooking up notebook HDs is a standard IDE cable with extra power supply wires, I looked all over the place but I couldn't find the wiring plan (If you could see my desk, you'd know why) but if you want, you can order an adapter for hooking one up to a normal IDE cable from Conrad Electronic Klaus-Conrad-Street 1 92240 Hirschau Germany Part Nr.97414544 www.conrad.de Yes I know it's in germany, but you might want to consider this is a last resort if you can't find it in your local electronics store. wish you luck, Rick Swartz