SATA hard drive help please?

Kevin

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My computer only supports PATA/IDE hard drives not SATA's (Found out the hard way)

Anyways Do i only need this part for it to work?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280473958254&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

Since it hooks to back of SATA hard drive, the back of it hooks to the PATA cords i got.

I am confused if the power & Data would be converted into PATA if i hook this up to my SATA hard drive.

Like does it go like this?

SATA Hard drive --> Converter hooking up to SATA --> PATA cords hooking to other side of converter --> PATA cords hooking up to mother board. Done and complete?

Is that all there is to it? and also is the converter shown all i need? since it takes the place where the power supply & Data cords would go on a computer that has SATA cords originally installed into it, the converter is all i need, since i can only hook up one power supply and 1 data supply cord at one time?
 
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