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I have an old Amiga hard disk drive (CP2088 Conner drive). It is a 2.5" IDE drive (see bottom).

How can I connect this to a PC, what software is needed, and how can I convert the entire disk to a WinUAE image?

Can a normal 2.5" IDE to 3.5" IDE work?

I understood that I cannot use an IDE/USB box for this?

CP2088 Conner IDE drive

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Connecting the drive via a 2.5 inch laptop IDE to regular IDE should work fine. An external USB casing for IDE/PATA will also work. However, Windows will not recognise the contents of the drive without extra software. But you will be able to make a backup of the drive via dd or its Windows equivalent.

According to Use WinUAE to access Amiga HDD, WinUAE might suffice for this.

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