Migrate PATA to SATA with Drive Image ?

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Rob Stow

I've done a lot of PATA to PATA drive upgrades/replacements
using Drive Image to copy all of the partitions from the
old drive to the new drive.

However, I haven't tried PATA to SATA yet with anything
other than data-only partitions.

Any tricks/pitfalls I should know about to make a W2K system
partition boot and work properly if I copy it from a PATA drive
to a SATA drive ?

No RAID involved. The SATA controller will be on an
Asus SK8N Deluxe motherboard that has been ordered
but hasn't arrived yet.
 
These articles may help.

How to Move a Windows Installation to Different Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249694



HOW TO: Replace the Motherboard on a Computer That Is Running Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=824125


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| I've done a lot of PATA to PATA drive upgrades/replacements
| using Drive Image to copy all of the partitions from the
| old drive to the new drive.
|
| However, I haven't tried PATA to SATA yet with anything
| other than data-only partitions.
|
| Any tricks/pitfalls I should know about to make a W2K system
| partition boot and work properly if I copy it from a PATA drive
| to a SATA drive ?
|
| No RAID involved. The SATA controller will be on an
| Asus SK8N Deluxe motherboard that has been ordered
| but hasn't arrived yet.
 
Dave said:
These articles may help.

How to Move a Windows Installation to Different Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249694
Click to expand...

Thanks, but I'm already well familiar with that article.
I was looking for any tips from users of this newsgroup that
specifically address the PATA to SATA transition, and everything
in MicroSoft's W2K articles seems to predate SATA.

HOW TO: Replace the Motherboard on a Computer That Is Running Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=824125
Click to expand...

I've done a lot of motherboard replacements. In this case
its not really a motherboard replacement issue because the
new motherboard will be used to turn one system into a
near-clone of an existing system that already uses that
motherboard. The system with the existing PATA drive already
has an SK8N Deluxe motherboard. The second system (with the
SATA drive) will become a clone in all other ways except the
case and PSU

The owner of both systems wants me to clone the PATA drive
from one system onto a SATA drive for the second system with
the new motherboard.

I fully expect this to go smoothly - I was just hoping to
be informed of any PATA to SATA "gotchas" that I should watch
for.
 
You 'may' have to do a repair install, loading sata drivers from floppy, F6,
during the process, after ghosting. - I'm aware youre not using raid -
 
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