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New SATA Drive (transfer and bios )

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Name: BB Ski
Date: September 8, 2005 at 08:25:40 Pacific
OS: Win XP SP2
CPU/Ram: P 4 1.4ghz 640MB
Comment:

Dimension 8100

C: Drive
20GB IDE H/D

SATA PCI Host Controller

F & G Drive
2 * 80GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA H/D

Requirement
Transfer all the data from C Drive to one of the 80GB SATA Drives

Set the system to boot up from the present G Drive
Remove the old IDE H/D
Rename G Drive to C Drive

Set up Raid 1 to enable Mirroring.

Questions
Have seen Norton Ghost mentioned as tool for transferring data from one Hard disk to another. Are there any free utilities which are as good which can be downloaded to copy the data from IDE Drive to SATA Drive.

When confirmed all data is transferred. What do I need to do in BIOS to change reboot from new SATA Drive G rather than the IDE H/D

Once bios is changed to test I assume I then unplug IDE hard drive from power and data plugs

Check system reboots from SATA Drive G

Then rename SATA Drive G to Drive C

Do I then need to go in and change the Bios?

Remove old IDE Drive

Set up Raid 1 for SATA drives C and Drive F.

Is the correct order of changes or is there is an easier way.



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Response Number 1
Name: ham30
Date: September 8, 2005 at 11:19:55 Pacific
Reply:

A little advice. You cannot copy a system from one drive (C: for example) to another drive (G:) and have the system work on G:. There are many references in the Registry that tie the system to the drive it was installed on.


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Response Number 2
Name: BB Ski
Date: September 8, 2005 at 12:10:31 Pacific
Reply:

so what is the best way of removing the present C dive of 20GB and replacing with a new 80GB drive?


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Response Number 3
Name: ham30
Date: September 8, 2005 at 13:45:13 Pacific
Reply:

Personally I would leave the 20gb as the C: drive and use the 80gb for storage.

But you can do the copy and then switch the drive assignments. Make the G: drive C: and it will be fine. Of course the G: drive (old C:) will not be able to be booted any longer.

My problem was with "Check system reboots from SATA Drive G". That wouldn't work.


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Response Number 4
Name: BB Ski
Date: September 9, 2005 at 00:03:03 Pacific
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It would be easier to leave C drive in. I have bought two SATA drives to use on Raid 1. I can only seem to put two drives into my Dell 8100. So once I have copied the contents of C on to my G Drive I will have to remove it.


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Response Number 5
Name: ham30
Date: September 9, 2005 at 08:51:21 Pacific
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I don't know about your Dell, but most motherboards have two connectors on the motherboard for IDE devices. Each connector can handle two drives.


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