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This family of unique CF-IDE Hard Drive Adapters is designed to enable one or two Compact Flash (CFI/II) media to be used as direct replacement for the 2.5" IDE hard drive. As a result, any equipment, such as Notebook computer, that uses a 2.5" IDE hard drive can be easily converted to use the low power and shock resistant CF media. Once installed, the CF appears as an ordinary hard drive to any OS and can be configured as a boot device. The Dual CF-IDE Hard Drive Adapter contains a second CF slot for the slave position of the IDE channel, allowing increased storage capacity with the same low power consumption and solid state benefits of the CF card.

CF Hard Drive Adapter (single slot) model: AD44MIDECF	Dual CF-IDE Adapter (2 slots) model: AD44MIDE2CF

Illustration of replacing the hard drive with a CF Adapter in a Notebook
Locate 2.5" IDE drive door and remove the screws to open the door.	Remove 2.5" IDE hard drive from 44 pin IDE connector. Attach the CF Adapter with CF card inserted onto the 44 pin IDE connector with key pins matching.
	note: the CF can be secured inside the hard drive cavity with a double face tape. A small piece of styrofoam block may also be shaped to fit and fill the extra space. This usually not necessary as the CF media is very light and the IDE connector makes a very tight connection that is highly unlikely to come loose. See following link for more detail.

Optional slim CD mounting bracket for AD44MIDE2CF

Key Features

• Enable Compact Flash (CF) to be used like ordinary 2.5" IDE hard drive
• Compatible with CFI/II, MicroDrive™ *
• Choice of single slot or dual slots CF adapter
• Drive access LED
• IDE interface
• Mini 44-pin IDE male connector (2.5" IDE hard drive connector)
• Bootable
• Compatible** with DOS, Windows 3.1, NT4, 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, Mac or Linux
• Supports DMA and Ultra DMA modes (only on flash media card with such features)

* CF Type II or MicroDrive can only be inserted into the CF1 position of the adapter. Click here for more information.
** Media must be in the device during boot up. Media is not hot swappable

Part number and Pricing

Optional Accessories

Part number	Description and Package Content	Click shopping cart to check price and order online
AA44M2CFCSB	slim CD mounting kit for AD44MIDE2CF Content: slim CD mounting kit for AD44MIDE2CF, 2x screws for adapter mount, 4x screws for slim ATAPI chassis mount	$4.5

2.5" to 3.5" Converter for connection to 40-pin IDE

For the 40-pin IDE-CF Adapter which includes hard drive mounting bracket, go to the ADIDECF product page.

Specifications

All specifications are subject to change without notice. All other products are trademarks of their respective owners.