Re: New HDD Installation

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"Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: >>"JohnH" <JohnH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
: >> news:50BF24E1-58E0-455B-8496-9DDC82D2089B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: >> I bought a Western Digital 160GB Caviar SE EIDE Drive. My motherboard
: >> is older so I was instructed to add a Maxtor SATO/150 PCI Card so the
: >> full capacity of the HDD would be detected. I connected it and copied
the
: >> old drive over to it. After completion I was instructed to disconnect
: >> the
: >> old and put the new in it's place. Upon restart it ask for a boot disk
: >> to
: >> be installed. When I bought the system it had Windows ME on it and I
do
: >> not have a software disk but I was given a restore disk. I later
: >> upgraded
: >> to Windows XP w/ SP2. Can I use the restore disk or the Windows XP
: >> upgrade disk as the boot disc. The support from Western Digital states
: >> that it may
: >> need to be done and some not, so I am confused as to how to make this
as
: >> quick and painless as posible. I also would like to know if disabling
: >> the the
: >> primary IDE off the motherboard in the CMOS would help too.
:
:
: > "Ron Sommer" wrote:
: >> The new disk needs a boot sector.
: >> If you just copied the partition, you didn't get the boot sector.
: >>
: >> You can run fixmbr and fixboot.
: >> --
: >> Ronald Sommer
:
:
: >> "JohnH" <JohnH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
: >> news:F3F46E78-948E-48A0-9DFB-DA6D37C8AEA6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: >> I used the HDD Installation Tool software to copy the partition from
the
: >> old drive to the new, I guess that would be a clone. The transfer
seemed
: >> uneventful and removal of the old drive was done. It seems to be
asking
: >> for a boot disk upon reboot once the old drive is removed. Can the
: >> Windows ME
: >> restore disk be used? Can the Windows XP w/SP2 upgrade be used?
Anymore
: >> advice would be greatly appreciated.
:
:
: >> "Rich Barry" wrote:
: >> John, you may have a setting in the Bios for that Maxtor Card. In
: >> there will give you the ability to select the boot disk.
: >> How did you copy the old drive to the new? Did you image it or clone
: >> it?
:
:
: "JohnH" <JohnH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
: news:C70B85D8-8350-442A-A606-BA4501408D09@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > How is this done? Once it is connected it requests a boot disk at
: > start-up.
: > Thanks for any help you can provide.
:
:
: JohnH:
: Maybe it's a good idea to start from the beginning, OK?
:
: 1. Your old HDD booted without incident and functioned without any
problems
: when it was installed, right? Its only problem was its small disk
capacity,
: right?
:
: 2. Now you've purchased a large-capacity WD SATA HDD and a SATA controller
: card for connecting that SATA HDD, yes? And you've installed the SATA
: controller card with no problems, right?
:
: 3. Setting aside the disk copying program (Maxtor? WD?) you used to copy
the
: contents of your old PATA HDD to the new SATA HDD...
: How about making a fresh install of the XP OS onto your SATA HDD? Will it
: boot & function without any problems if you do this?
:
: Would it be possible for you to do this and then install your programs on
: the freshly-installed XP OS? I assume you would have no problem copying
over
: your user-created data from the old HDD to the new SATA HDD, right? Or is
it
: too impractical to fresh install all your programs onto your new SATA HDD?
: Anna
:
:
If you start at the beginning, you will see:
I bought a Western Digital 160GB Caviar SE EIDE Drive. My motherboard is
older so I was instructed to add a Maxtor SATO/150 PCI Card so the full
capacity of the HDD would be detected.
--
Ronald Sommer

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