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using a PATA-SATA HDD Caddy for Optical Bay to revive an older Laptop

maybe you arent aware; i just found out that there are PATA->SATA hdd caddys that easily let you stick a modern SSD into an older PATA interface laptop for purpose of using Win7/XP/98 or perhaps a lowbie Hackintosh of Tiger

these adapters allow you to easily insert a SATA SSD to a computer that has no SATA connection of any kind

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Pata-IDE-to-Sata-HDD-SSD-Caddy-Module-For-12-7mm-Universal-DVD-ROM-Optical-Bay-/332566100248




not sure how long these are going to be available for so might be a good idea to stash a few if you are interested in laptops from 1999-2005 time frame