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| 721621 | 2008-11-20 07:15:00 | Windows XP Pro purchased a Seagate 320Gb SATA hdd used Seagate Diskwizard to prepare the new hard drive cloned the 80Gb ide hdd to the 320Gb removed the 80Gb the computer wont boot - cycles through the initial boot process. Bios recognizes the SATA drive.. Seems I may have missed step. Can anyone help me out? |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 721622 | 2008-11-20 07:50:00 | Are you trying to install XP on it? If so you need to download SATA drivers and put them on a floppy - or use IDE emulation in the BIOS. |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 721623 | 2008-11-20 07:58:00 | I am cloning winxp pro onto the sata drive | NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 721624 | 2008-11-20 08:00:00 | Ahhh... there's the prob. Win XP doesn't have SATA drivers built in... ... you need to download SATA drivers and put them on a floppy - or use IDE emulation in the BIOS. |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 721625 | 2008-11-20 08:03:00 | Okkkie will download. but once I have downloaded the SATA driver, what do I do next? Sorry a little inexperienced in this area. |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 721626 | 2008-11-20 08:03:00 | Ah, XP doesnt need drivers either (thats if you do a clean install, if you change it to IDE mode, in the BIOS) Well, I've never had to install SATA drivers during the install You probably have to do a clean install AFAIK, the only way you can install the drivers, is during a clean install (F6 when it tells you to) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 721627 | 2008-11-20 08:05:00 | If you can enable IDE in the BIOS, you'll (probably) be able to do a clone. If your BIOS doesn't have that feature, you'll need to do a clean install. To have XP Setup load the drivers, copy the drivers to a 1.44MB floppy, then press F6 as soon as you see the blue screen after you boot from the XP CD, then insert the floppy the drivers are on, then follow the prompts. |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 721628 | 2008-11-20 08:20:00 | I believe both SATA & IDE have been enabled in the bios. IDE seems to be enabled by default, I needed to enable SATA. I get through to a window that offers booting from Safe Mode, Last Known Good Configuration...Normal Mode... If I select an of them, windows just cycles through the boot. |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
| 721629 | 2008-11-20 08:22:00 | Have you tried a clean install on the SATA drive (under IDE)? | jwil1 (65) | ||
| 721630 | 2008-11-20 08:23:00 | NO Sorry I need to go pick up my son. I really appreciate all your help. Further suggestions will be applied in the morning. Again - thank you! |
NZHawk (4093) | ||
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