Re: New HDD Installation



"JohnH" <JohnH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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
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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
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How is this done? Once it is connected it requests a boot disk at
start-up.
Thanks for any help you can provide.


"Anna" wrote:
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


"JohnH" <JohnH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If I understand you correctly you want me to try and do a fresh install of
the Windows XP w/SP2. It would take awhile but I am willing to start
fresh
if it gets the new HDD in and the small out. I just have a few questions
before doing this.

1. The Windows XP was an upgrade from the Windows Me that was installed
in
the system and all I got was a restore disk. Do I need the Windows Me
disk?

2. Can just booting the the XP upgrade work without an OS in place?

3. Do you know if it is reccomended to disable the motherboard IDE or
just
leave on auto?


JohnH:
First of all I assume you've seen my exchange with Ron Sommer in this
thread. Just to verify...

The WD 160 GB is a PATA HDD - not a SATA HDD, right?
And you've properly connected & configured that disk to your Maxtor
controller card, right?
That HDD is detected by your motherboard's BIOS, right?

I honestly don't know if your XP "restore" CD will allow you to undertake a
fresh install of the XP OS. If it does have that capability, it's a virtual
certainty that you will need the Win Me installation CD to undertake the
install process. Anyway, it's worth a try. If it fails, so be it. Make sure
you disconnect your old HDD before undertaking a fresh install of the OS.

As to your question whether "to disable the motherboard IDE or just leave on
auto", I assume you're referring to the BIOS element re HDD recognition. In
virtually every case the "auto" designation is appropriate. But as I asked
above, your BIOS *does" recognize the WD 160 GB HDD, right?

Did you try invoking the Recovery Console commands suggested by Ron? I
assumed you had but it was still no go. If you haven't done so by now, do
so, and see what happens. I really don't think that will solve your present
problem but again, there's no harm in trying. And if it did work that would
simplify matters considerably, wouldn't it?

Anyway, if none of the above works I suppose your only recourse will be to
use the Maxtor or WD disk copying program again and give it another try.
Anna


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