Re: Removing IDE boot DISK and start using PCI SATA card

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On 2 Dec 2006 09:24:23 -0800, "mbn18" <miki@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Loren Pechtel wrote:
On 1 Dec 2006 00:06:44 -0800, "mbn18" <miki@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello everyone

I have a computer where
the Primary boot partion is IDE and connected to the main board.
I also have a PCI Sata card with two HD.

I want to get rid of the IDE HD and use only the SATA hds.

I used ghost to copy the Boot partion to the first SATA disk / partion.
Then I disconnected the IDE and restarted the computer.
The computer started normally only to halt later in the "welcoming
window"

I think it might be a driver problem. though it did start to load the
OS.

I tried to use the recovery tool from the XP setup CD but the CD boot
failed recognizing the SATA. ( I also don't have a floppy drive, so I
cant load a driver using the F6 in the boot process )

You might be able to put the IDE back in, install the SATA driver and
recopy the data to the SATA. Otherwise, get a floppy. Drivers needed
to boot Windows are one of the few things left that need floppy
drives.

thats what strange. I used the SATA card & the attached drivers as
storage place for long time. so the window on the IDE has the SATA
drivers.

When I disconnected the IDE the windows start but stuck on the
welcoming page. maybe some of the drivers are loaded on boot and some
that are loaded after boot ?

The drivers must be different then.

You'll need to get the driver that Windows needs to do an install to
the SATA. It should be on the driver disk that came with the
motherboard. You'll need a floppy.
.

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