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Hi! Every one! I am using P4/1.6 Ghz/ 845GV MB/40GB HDD.(IDE) Mother board supports only IDE drives. I got a 160 GB SATA II HDD from a(good) friend as he upgraded to 500GB. Can I use IDE to SATA adopter to use this drive in my comp.? Whether this may damage the SATA drive? At present I am not...