Re: How to move XP boot drive from IDE to SATA hd ?



oooh! ...thanks, ...now studying !

regards, Richard


"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is how I addressed some issues that came up on a PC with similar.
And, some failing I ran into.

As I input before on another thread, he'll lose at least one ide
controller use if using map SATA as ide option in the bios. On some PCs
with the original SATA, that's the only way the SATA can be configured to
boot. Unless, with some forms of SATA, only the raid version can be used
if 98/ME are dual booted in the process. In that case, and no raid
available, the map to ide must be used.

What worked for me was to enable the SATA controller with nothing
connected. Boot to XP/ME/98 so all could see the SATA controller. XP
added the controller, ME/98 required a driver that I installed.

Next, I imaged XP installation to a firewire hard drive with Drive Image
7.0, and ME/98 partitions as well.

Then, I removed the boot ide hard drive off the primary ide controller.
Nothing else on that ide controller.

Then, I added the SATA drive. Bios configured the SATA controller to map
to ide. The SATA drive was configured as primary master in the bios
setup.

Note: the primary ide controller must be left enabled in the bios setup.

After saving the bios changes, rebooting, the SATA drive was noted as
master on the primary ide in the bios summary.

Inserting the DI 7.0 CD and powered up the firewire connected hard drive
with the images previously noted. Restored all the images to the SATA.
XP, ME and 98 all booted fine. All noted some hardware changes, but
worked fine.

Stuff that didn't work for me. Casper couldn't copy to same SATA
make/model hard drive. Didn't like my boot manager, system commander.
The conditions were - both SATAs configured as ide on the primary
controller. One master, one slave. True Image just managed to make a
mess. Whether copying drive to drive, or restoring a previous image of
the ide hard drive. In either case, boot manager never showed up in boot
process. Using a boot floppy to select which partition to boot resulted
in 98/ME stopping at ifshlp AND XP indicating missing hal.dll. A repair
install of XP (on the True Image restoration) stated there was a
non-standard partition used where XP was currently located and could not
fix it.

My conclusions. Newer is not better regarding imaging or cloning
software. Jeez, just copy it/restore it and shut up.
Dave

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
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Yes, but the exact procedure depends on your mobo/sata controler

ie You use the utility supplied from the hd manufactureres site to clone
the installation, or a third party utility, eg Ghost, True Image.
But where you go from there depends as to whether you have to amend bios
settings to boot from sata, or set the sata drive as jbod, or install
drivers via F6 option.
You need to read the mobo manual.


"RJK" <notatospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I currently have 2 IDE (master and slave) hd's on IDE port 1
(XP boot drive on C:\ ...first partition on hd0)
I have 2 SATA150 connectors on my board, so if I fit 2 SATA hd's, is it
possible to mirror my XP installation onto a SATA hd, ...and make it the
boot drive of course ?

TIA,

regards, Richard

ps never had much to do with SATA hd's, I've deduced that I can buy
SATAII hd's and "jumper" them backwards to 150. that would come in
handy if I ever fit a board that supports SATAII.
Not insterested in RAID, not supported on my board anyway, just want to
roughly replicate my IDe drives storage layout but, get some transfer
speed back.







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