Easier and better to just get a SATA SSD and an IDE to SATA adapter.

M2 SSD in an IDE enclosure is also an option.
Such an enclosure has a converter chip inside.

I've successfully used this combination in a Mac Mini G4.

A 44pin to 40 adapter is maybe required, too.
But that's just a passive mechanical adapter, no electronics.

Edit: Be careful with Windows NT and removable media (flash cards).
Windows NT checks the "removable media bit" and will refuse booting from CF/SD.

It's not a problem of the flash cards, though. They doesn't actively prevent booting. Windows NT is the culprit.

Registry hacks and filter drivers are required to get it going on consumer class flash.
On XP Embedded, there's the EWF filter driver. There's also an INF file that makes Windows XP see a CF as fixed disk.

https://flylib.com/books/en/3.234.1.73/1/

No idea about 2k, though. It was outdated already when the car PC scene was at its height, AFAIK.
Except for nostalgia, the lack of activation and OS/2 compatibility, it's pointless to still use 2k these days. XP is an advanced Win 2k. IMHO. 😉

Merely industrial CF cards have the bit set to "fixed". But even that's not guaranteed anymore.

And please don't depend on that DOS utility from SanDisk that allows changing the bit.
That's outdated information that was valid in 2004 or so. Nowadays CF cards have little in common with those old CF card series.
It could be the case that the utility nolonger works.

PS: Good luck! 🙂🤞

Jo22 wrote on 2023-04-05, 05:04:

M2 SSD in an IDE enclosure is also an option.

SATA M2 SSD.

I'd also consider a Disk on Module (DOM)

Disk on module has few issues.

1) High capacity is unreasonably pricey.
2) New DoMs have questionable quality.
3) Performance is overall slow, because many were using CompactFlash controllers.

If you need 44-pin IDE, easiest is an mSata SSD in a converter enclosure.

I should have mentioned I did try an mSATA in an IDE enclosure and I think it's been the reason I haven't been able to boot an OS from the PC. I've been using

- this mSATA SSD: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GZLJD5R?th=1, and
- this IDE converter: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GRMUQRG?th=1

I can go into more detail about why I think these are probably at fault if desired. But anyway I wonder if I should have just gotten something similar but from more reputable manufacturers.

Any thoughts on the Transcend PSD330?

If bloated price and mediocre performance is not an issue - yeah, should be decent for old Win2k system.

Ok, fair enough, thanks for the honest opinion. If it works though, I'd be ok with that. Anyway I've ordered one - we'll see. I can return it if it doesn't work out.

Let me provide a bit more info about why I suspect the mSATA + IDE converter combo I have is causing problems - this is by no means a definitive diagnosis, just a suspicion. I'm able to boot a Linux live USB from the computer. It works fine. It's admittedly quite sluggish, but I suspect that's because it's running xubuntu 18 with graphics on such an old machine with so little RAM (511MB). But anyway it works. I also ran memtest86+ to test the memory and that passed.

However, when I install Linux to the drive it says it succeeds, but then when I boot from it, I get "error: failure reading sector 0x98c590 from 'hd0'" and then it goes into grub rescue. When I install win2k on it the installation procedure appears to work fine too (says it succeeds), but then when I try to boot into it it just ends up at a black screen that persists. I suspect something similar is happening for win2k as for the linux boot.

I did remember to change the boot priority after the installation too.

I can post more details if desired.

I suppose it might also be helpful/relevant for me to post the SMART query I ran on the SSD. This used an mSATA-USB adapter instead of the IDE adapter since I wasn't able to check smart with it in the IDE adapter enclosure connected to an IDE-USB adapter.

1smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.12.4] (local build)
2Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, [url=http://www.smartmontools.org]www.smartmontools.org[/url]
3
4=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
5Device Model:     CHN-mSATAM3-128
6Serial Number:    AA000000000000000957
7Firmware Version: V0110A0
8User Capacity:    128,035,676,160 bytes [128 GB]
9Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
10Rotation Rate:    Solid State Device
11Form Factor:      mSATA
12TRIM Command:     Available
13Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
14ATA Version is:   ACS-2 T13/2015-D revision 3
15SATA Version is:  SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
16Local Time is:    Wed Apr  5 06:59:28 2023 PDT
17SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
18SMART support is: Enabled
19
20=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
21SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
22
23General SMART Values:
24Offline data collection status:  (0x02)	Offline data collection activity
25					was completed without error.
26					Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
27Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed
28					without error or no self-test has ever
29					been run.
30Total time to complete Offline
31data collection: 		(  120) seconds.
32Offline data collection
33capabilities: 			(0x11) SMART execute Offline immediate.
34					No Auto Offline data collection support.
35					Suspend Offline collection upon new
36					command.
37					No Offline surface scan supported.
38					Self-test supported.
39					No Conveyance Self-test supported.
40					No Selective Self-test supported.
41SMART capabilities:            (0x0002)	Does not save SMART data before
42					entering power-saving mode.
43					Supports SMART auto save timer.
44Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
45					General Purpose Logging supported.
46Short self-test routine
47recommended polling time: 	(   2) minutes.
48Extended self-test routine
49recommended polling time: 	(  10) minutes.
50SCT capabilities: 	       (0x0001)	SCT Status supported.
51
52SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1
53Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
54ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
55  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
56  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
57  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       2
58 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       188
59160 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
60161 Unknown_Attribute       0x0033   100   100   050    Pre-fail  Always       -       100

61163 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       19
62164 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       279
63165 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       1
64166 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
65167 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
66168 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       7000
67169 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       100
68175 Program_Fail_Count_Chip 0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
69176 Erase_Fail_Count_Chip   0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
70177 Wear_Leveling_Count     0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
71178 Used_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Chip  0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
72181 Program_Fail_Cnt_Total  0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
73182 Erase_Fail_Count_Total  0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
74192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       179
75194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       40
76195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
77196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
78197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
79198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
80199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
81232 Available_Reservd_Space 0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       100
82241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0030   100   100   050    Old_age   Offline      -       693
83242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0030   100   100   050    Old_age   Offline      -       206
84245 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   050    Old_age   Always       -       0
85
86SMART Error Log Version: 1
87No Errors Logged
88
89SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
90Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
91# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%         2         -
92
93Selective Self-tests/Logging not supported

Nothing obviously wrong that I can tell though the low serial number is maybe a bit weird. Anyway, I wonder if the problem could be with the mSATA-IDE adapter. That uses a JM20330 chip.

Transcend will most certainly work. And yes, individual adapter incompatibility may happen.

For 2000 I use the following which are very stable, no I don't care about Trim. I don't want to hear yet another pointless conversation about it:

On my laptops I use (you can likely use an additional adapter for 3.5"):
https://www.amazon.com/Ableconn-IIDE-MSAT-2-5 … 80719645&sr=8-1

On my desktops I don't use IDE but SATA:
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-M-2-SATA- … ctronics&sr=1-1

/EDIT
It's possible that this would work on a standard SSD
https://www.amazon.com/Ableconn-IDE40-SAT-Opt … 80728414&sr=8-2

I use the PATA/IDE flash modules meant for industrial/business hardware. It's what they are made for and they work wonderfully. Transcend has several to choose from.

If you're just running Win2K on it even a low end consumer drive will probably last minimum 10 years. I wouldn't worry about TRIM, write limits and such, just remember that all drives of all types will fail at some point. Set up backups.

IDE to SATA converters can have variable compatibility, and those adapters can even have differing compatibility with different SSD brands.

matthuszagh did you ever find a good solution for replacing the IDE drive in your oscilloscope?

I recently picked up a Tektronix TDS5032 oscilloscope which is running Windows 2000 on a 40GB PATA 2.5" drive. It runs fine but that drive is pushing 20 years old now and I plan to clone it to something newer.

I'm also looking at CF or MSATA adapters and am curious as to what worked on your scope.