WINDOWS XP: SATA HARD DRIVE AND IDE HARD DRIVE DATA TRANSFER
RUNNING XP WITH A SATA HARD DRIVE INSTALLED. HAVEA IDE HARD DRIVE WITH MY DATA I NEED TO TRANSFER TO NEW COMPUTER I'M BUILDING BUT WHEN I INSTALLED THE IDE DRIVE I GET A NO OPERATING SYSTEM FOUND ON BOOT UP.
RUNNING XP WITH A SATA HARD DRIVE INSTALLED. HAVEA IDE HARD DRIVE WITH MY DATA I NEED TO TRANSFER TO NEW COMPUTER I'M BUILDING BUT WHEN I INSTALLED THE IDE DRIVE I GET A "NO OPERATING SYSTEM FOUND" ON BOOT UP. SATA IS NEW TO ME AS IS RAID 0 SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT I NEED TO DO TO GET MY DATA FROM OLD HARD DRIVE TO NEW SATA DRIVE.[/img]
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First thought is to make sure that the SATA controller is set up in your boot list in the BIOS. If nothing says SATA specifically, then pick SCSI.
This shoudlnt be the problem however if it booted fine before this but I have seen some odd behavior regarding the SATA drvies and Windows. For example, if you want to install XP on the SATA drive you have to not have an IDE drive plugged in. If you have an IDE drive in, XP will put all the c:\ root files on that drive. If the IDE drive isnt partitioned, XP will throw a fit and refuse to do anything becuase it cant do that. Stupid installer....
If the BIOS settings are ok then more than likely the IDE drive is interfering in some completely illogical way. Try it as the Secondary master or something weird to throw it off.
This shoudlnt be the problem however if it booted fine before this but I have seen some odd behavior regarding the SATA drvies and Windows. For example, if you want to install XP on the SATA drive you have to not have an IDE drive plugged in. If you have an IDE drive in, XP will put all the c:\ root files on that drive. If the IDE drive isnt partitioned, XP will throw a fit and refuse to do anything becuase it cant do that. Stupid installer....
If the BIOS settings are ok then more than likely the IDE drive is interfering in some completely illogical way. Try it as the Secondary master or something weird to throw it off.
Yes check your bios settings for boot device priority. Make sure the sata drive is the 1st boot device.
I've just setup new pc with sata drive and the system starts up pretty quick...but as soon as i plug in my ide drive it stays at the initial boot screen for almost a minute then it starts up. It sometimes doesnt detect the ide drive. Is this a compatibility issue?
In windows xp, i went into computer management and found that the ide drive is disk 0 and sata drive is disk 1. I have tried wacking the ide drive into 2ndry ide and it is still the same. I wonder if anyone had this problem? The system runs very happily and quickly just on sata alone. :x
I've just setup new pc with sata drive and the system starts up pretty quick...but as soon as i plug in my ide drive it stays at the initial boot screen for almost a minute then it starts up. It sometimes doesnt detect the ide drive. Is this a compatibility issue?
In windows xp, i went into computer management and found that the ide drive is disk 0 and sata drive is disk 1. I have tried wacking the ide drive into 2ndry ide and it is still the same. I wonder if anyone had this problem? The system runs very happily and quickly just on sata alone. :x
I've been fighting for 4 days with a Gigabyte mobo GA-8I915DUOPRO, which is PCI-Express and a Western Digital SATA Caviar 200GB S150 8MB 7200rpm. I have a DVD-RW on the box as well. The task was a new PC build for XP home.
The swine refused to boot, refused to find the DVD, or the disk or both. I swapped out the PSU, changed mobo's (I had 2 the same), switched memory, reseated another CPU/FAN, switched cables etc. Then yesterday I searched and found this thread which got me thinking, and last night I cracked it. Hurrah!
The solution is in the BIOS:
Advanced BIOS Features:
1. Hard Disk Boot Priority: said card first (even though had none) to get it to boot from the cd. May not be needed as I tried enhanced SATA mode after this (see later)
2. First Boot devide: CD
Integrated Peripherals:
1. SATA RAID/AHCI Mode: DISABLED
2. On-Chip SATA MODE: enhanced
3. Onboard H/W RAID: Diabled
i.e. I disabled all raid stuff, set it to boot from CD, and changed the SATA mode to enhanced. THIS WORKED! Try using enhanced sata mode only before doing the rest, this was the last thing I did, and because it started working I left the rest alone.
So thanks for the hints, and I hope this helps some other poor soul.
Jonathan
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The swine refused to boot, refused to find the DVD, or the disk or both. I swapped out the PSU, changed mobo's (I had 2 the same), switched memory, reseated another CPU/FAN, switched cables etc. Then yesterday I searched and found this thread which got me thinking, and last night I cracked it. Hurrah!
The solution is in the BIOS:
Advanced BIOS Features:
1. Hard Disk Boot Priority: said card first (even though had none) to get it to boot from the cd. May not be needed as I tried enhanced SATA mode after this (see later)
2. First Boot devide: CD
Integrated Peripherals:
1. SATA RAID/AHCI Mode: DISABLED
2. On-Chip SATA MODE: enhanced
3. Onboard H/W RAID: Diabled
i.e. I disabled all raid stuff, set it to boot from CD, and changed the SATA mode to enhanced. THIS WORKED! Try using enhanced sata mode only before doing the rest, this was the last thing I did, and because it started working I left the rest alone.
So thanks for the hints, and I hope this helps some other poor soul.
Jonathan
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