Re: Transferring to a new computer. Will this work?

"Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bruce:
We haven't come across *any* new motherboard that didn't contain at least
one IDE connector (I assume that's what you meant by "PATA port") so you
can rest easy about that. And no "special driver" will be necessary re
recognition of a PATA HDD.

This is the reference that worried me. I had been considering an ASUS P5B
motherboard but found this in a review:

"It is very important to notice that the single ATA/133 port available on
this motherboard is controlled by the JMicron chip, not by the chipset. This
means that if you still have a parallel IDE optical drive it will only be
recognized on Windows after you install JMicron's driver. The problem is
that this driver comes on the motherboard CD-ROM, and you won't be able to
install it, as the system does not recognize your optical drive. You can
download the driver from the net, however the driver for the on-board LAN
port is also on the CD-ROM. The only option you have is to copy the JMicron
driver from the CD to a floppy disk or a USB pen drive using another PC.
This problem happens not only with this motherboard from ASUS, but also with
all other motherboards based on Intel P965 chipset we've seen to date."

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/408

Since a special driver is required for IDE (PATA) port, I don't see how any
bootable IDE CD count work. Even if I could boot the CD (say from a SATA CD
drive), the Acronis True Image CD does not give you the option of installing
a special driver at boot time, so I wouldn't be able to access the IDE
harddrive. I wouldn't be able to do the cloning.

Thanks.

Bruce.


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