sata hdd

[OnlyMe]

my sys O/S is on a 120gb HDD named C:/ __I have 3 HDD's and 2 in removable
racks I want to use a Sata internal 320gb (named H HDD for my sys O/S___I
have a Ghost image on another internal drv (named D I also have a Hirems
Boot Disk, how do I start this, as I know that If I use the ghost image and
install onto my Sata H:/ I will finish up with 2 C:/ drives____I know that
you should remove power or take out the old SYS drive before rebooting___but
can I do anything with my Hirems bootdisk on reboot__such as format the old
Sys drive which would now be probable in giving me a problem.

With kind regards From OZ

 

[peter]

If you CLONE the C drive to the H drive(so called only for this discussion)
then power down and remove the C and place the H in its position the
computer will boot from that cloned drive.You have that particular SATA
position listed in the BIOS as the1st or 2nd(after floppy or CD) boot
position.The system will boot from the 1st bootable drive it finds.If you
now place the old C drive where H used to be you will still boot with the
cloned drive as the computer will designate that drive as the C drive and
the old C drive can now be formatted.
peter

 

[DL]

You dont mention whether you are allready using sata drives, which might be
important

 

[OnlyMe]

yes I have a 320gb hdd_______ it is my H drive

You dont mention whether you are allready using sata drives, which might
be important

 

[DL]

But is it functional?

yes I have a 320gb hdd_______ it is my H drive

 

[OnlyMe]

yes partitioned and formatted

But is it functional?

 

[peter]

Could you tell us in simple terms which of your hard drives are SATA and
which if any are PATA(EIDE) ?????
peter

 

[OnlyMe]

sys drv C:\ = EIDE with XP Pro
slave drv D:\ EIDE with just files
Sata Drv H:\ have used for video backup but is now formatted and ready to
receive XP Pro O/S
two drives in racks are__but are not in use (caddies) at this time __they
are almost full of backup files
Drive (F) is 320gb sata connected to the sata raid plug on the MOB
Drive (I) is 160gb EIDE connected to a PCI EIDE X Sata controller card

 

[peter]

So you need to amend my instructions ...after you clone C to H shut down and
remove C...then you need to restart and enter BIOS in order to set the SATA
as 1st or 2nd boot and to make sure that particular SATA drive is listed as
the 1st Boot SATA drive
peter

 

[DL]

I might mention that apparently some mobo's require a boot sata to be
connected to a specific sata connector

 

[OnlyMe]

thanking all its fixed_(Cloned)__mind you newyears eve morning reached 46
Celsius in the computer room and wouldn't you know it, the Power supply
packed up and I have just got all running sweet___I had been using Shaw p/s
and had so much probs with them that my new P/S is Super Flower 600
watt______my nearest good computer store is a 200 Klm round trip__have a
happy new year , and thanks again