Is this slim IDE and what kind is it?

Acording to this site
the ide connector on the SD R2412 should be like this - SLIM !
S D - R 2 4 1 2
http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/10386039/Toshiba_Sd_r2412_Slim_Cdrw_Combo_Drive.html
s l i m !
and what i'd expect
http://tinyurl.com/3784qu
But the one I bought is not! it's like this
http://tinyurl.com/2mqqyy
what is it?!
i'd like to convert it to regular ide.
I have a slim ide to ide adaptor, but it's the slim ide that i recognise. This drive is not.
Here is a size comparison between the slim ide i recognise, and the thing i have!
http://tinyurl.com/35nwsj
http://tinyurl.com/332f7g
is this even an appropriate forum? i wasn't sure which forum to post this in. multimedia seemed the best match.

Turns out, it's the exact same drive. So no worries there. The drive with the big white connector is made up of a drive with a standard slim ide connector , and a PCB adaptor converting the standard slim ide connector to some big white connector.
I removed 4 screws to get the black enclosure off. This revealed nothing suprising, still the same big white connector i didn't want. But the PCB that the white connector was on, had 2 screws holding it in. I removed those 2 screws, and the PCB could then be removed, it was glued on with some weak glue. Once that PCB was removed, the slim IDE connector was revealed.

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