Is the data on SATA disk bound to motherboard?

[asnowfall]

As part of upgrading motherboard, I am going to install x64 WindowsXp.
On the previous system I had two SATA disks and they were being used
as regular disk(means there was no RAID) and I have lot of data on
those disks.

Before upgrading motherboard I would like to know whether will I be
able to retrieve the data that is already stored on the SATA drives?

Essentially I would like to know whether the data stored on the NON-
RAIDED SATA drives bound to Motherboard and its chipset.


Thanks
Ramesh

 

[Tim Rude]

As long as the new system supports SATA drives, you can plug the drives in
and should be able to access your data.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

As part of upgrading motherboard, I am going to install x64 WindowsXp.
On the previous system I had two SATA disks and they were being used
as regular disk(means there was no RAID) and I have lot of data on
those disks.

Before upgrading motherboard I would like to know whether will I be
able to retrieve the data that is already stored on the SATA drives?

Essentially I would like to know whether the data stored on the NON-
RAIDED SATA drives bound to Motherboard and its chipset.

No, it isn't. You can move the drive, attach it to an external case for
recovery on another system, etc. I do this regularly.

However, it's entirely possible that you WILL need to do a repair install if
the board is different enough. It's been pointed out here that the key
element of this is the drive controller.

HTH
-pk