IDE drives go into Firewire and USB external enclosures. Think of
those boxes as IDEUSB/Firewire translation gadgets.

Maybe they have SATA Firewire/USB external enclosures these days. But
the basic idea on them has been if you open one up, it's just an IDE
drive in there.

I swap different drives in and out of it all the time. In fact, I
don't bother even bolting it back together.


I just want to make a final point that the computer is the absoloute
center of the modern studio. Hence, I can't think of a better place
to invest in technical knowledge skills.