You saved an old hard drive (or three) from previous computers and now youd like to get at the data on them. Is there an easy way to access the data without cracking open your current computer and mounting the hard drives inside? Dear How-To Geek, I have a pile of old hard drives sitting in a file cabinet in my office. Some are real old (20GB IDE drives from the early 2000s) and some are more recent (100-200GB SATA drives from circa 2008-2010). Ive been pretty good, over the years, about transferring old data to new computers, but before I totally dismantle some of these older drives for security purposes (and to get at the cool magnets inside!) Id like to take one last look at them. Is there an easy way to do this without the huge hassle of opening up my current PC and installing the drives the traditional way? I dont even think my new computer has an IDE port inside to hook the oldest drives up to! Sincerely, Disk Disposing Ahhh the hassle of old hard drives.