Copying XP partition from SCSI to SATA Raid

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Hello,

I currently have Windows XP installed on a SCSI disk using an Adaptec 39160
card. XP (and application software) is installed in a FAT partition.

I'm planning on removing the SCSI disks and card from the system, and installing
a 3ware hardware RAID controller (model #8006-2LP or similar). I would like to
copy the existing windows XP partition from the SCSI disk to the new raid disks.

I believe the 3ware controller appears to the computer as a SCSI adapter (even
though it is using IDE disks) -- at least thats the way the other 3ware raid
controllers I've used in the past work.

What's the best way to do this? Can I simply boot up a Linux CD, and "dd" the
contents from the old disk to the array? Can I then expand the partition later?

Thanks,
Scott
 
FYI for anyone who reads this, it looks like the operation was a success. First
step was to install the 3Ware SATA card in the XP system, then boot Windows XP
to make sure all of the 3Ware drivers were loaded into XP. Next, reboot with a
bootable Linux disc in the CD (I used "Mandrake Move"). Use 'dd' to copy from
the SCSI disk to the SATA Raid controller -- in my case this was 'dd if=/dev/sda
of=/dev/sdb bs=1024' -- your needs may vary.

At this point, the original SCSI disks can be yanked, and XP will boot from the
SATA array with no complaints. As a further step, I used Gnu Parted (from a RH
9.0 bootable install disc) to edit the partition table and enlarge the
partitions to fill the whole disk.

The 3ware SATA raid controller has been working fine for about a week.

Scott
 
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