1. The ZIP drives were made with interfaces for bi-directional parallel ports, SCSI ports, and IDE ports. If this drive started out as an internal drive, I suspect it must be IDE, but it could also be SCSI. If it is SCSI you would need to install an appropriate adapter for that interface, and you would also need a shell or case to hold it along with a power supply. If it is IDE, no way unless you can find a USB interfaced external drive shell, with power supply, that will accomodate a 5" drive. Naturally, in the unlikely event it has a parallel port interface, you would need to acquire an LPT adapter card as I don't believe the E510 has any LPT ports.
2. You can install it into the E510 provided you have a 5" bay available and you are willing to use one of the CD ROM IDE ports to interface to the drive; unless you have two optical drives you should have the slave connector available. If the drive is a SCSI interfaced drive, naturally you will need to acquire the adapter already mentioned.
After contemplating all this grief, I would think it would be much easier to forget about this drive. If you still have the computer available that used it you should transfer any info you have on the twenty odd disks you have to another media that is more readily usable with your current desktop.
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December 29th, 2008 12:00
1. The ZIP drives were made with interfaces for bi-directional parallel ports, SCSI ports, and IDE ports. If this drive started out as an internal drive, I suspect it must be IDE, but it could also be SCSI. If it is SCSI you would need to install an appropriate adapter for that interface, and you would also need a shell or case to hold it along with a power supply. If it is IDE, no way unless you can find a USB interfaced external drive shell, with power supply, that will accomodate a 5" drive. Naturally, in the unlikely event it has a parallel port interface, you would need to acquire an LPT adapter card as I don't believe the E510 has any LPT ports.
2. You can install it into the E510 provided you have a 5" bay available and you are willing to use one of the CD ROM IDE ports to interface to the drive; unless you have two optical drives you should have the slave connector available. If the drive is a SCSI interfaced drive, naturally you will need to acquire the adapter already mentioned.
After contemplating all this grief, I would think it would be much easier to forget about this drive. If you still have the computer available that used it you should transfer any info you have on the twenty odd disks you have to another media that is more readily usable with your current desktop.