Move OS from IDE to scsi ?

[Guest]

I use Partition Magic ver 7 and 8 but will try anything advised.

I want to move win2000 running on a scsi drive to a new IDE harddrive that
i'll connect as a slave.
A friend told me that windows doesn't like changing controllers.

Any issues about my wants from you guy's??

 

[DL]

You can use PM to clone the o/s?
HD manu usually have a freely avilable utility on their site to clone a
disk.
Others use Ghost or Acronis True Image
The process should'nt cause problems, in the worst case you might have to
repair the new installation.
I'm assume the new ide drive will become your primary C drive

 

[Guest]

Then you've gone back and forth from ide to scsi with no problems?

You can use PM to clone the o/s?
HD manu usually have a freely avilable utility on their site to clone a
disk.
Others use Ghost or Acronis True Image
The process should'nt cause problems, in the worst case you might have to
repair the new installation.
I'm assume the new ide drive will become your primary C drive

 

[DL]

Not specifically scsi, but sata/ide

Then you've gone back and forth from ide to scsi with no problems?

 

[Guest]

Here is the first issue: getting the OS to boot from IDE when it had been
booting from scsi.

Two ways of doing this:

1. clone from scsi to ide. Remove the scsi drive. Boot the OS cd via the
bios and do a repair install. Provide any required hardware drivers. This
will correct the driver/ide boot issue.

2. with both disks in the system and the ide fomatted and tested as bootable
[active partition] you delete the partition on the ide. Set both disks to
dynamic. Mirror the two disks. Once healthy down the server and remove the
scsi drive. Boot backup and break the mirror.

 

[Guest]

I think I understand the first part......BUT

You lost me !! "set both to dynamic"? Mirror...dah!! You mean "using PMagic"
copy one to the other??

 

[DL]

PM does not clone / copy a hd

I think I understand the first part......BUT

You lost me !! "set both to dynamic"? Mirror...dah!! You mean "using PMagic"
copy one to the other??

Here is the first issue: getting the OS to boot from IDE when it had been
booting from scsi.

Two ways of doing this:

1. clone from scsi to ide. Remove the scsi drive. Boot the OS cd via the
bios and do a repair install. Provide any required hardware drivers. This
will correct the driver/ide boot issue.

2. with both disks in the system and the ide fomatted and tested as bootable
[active partition] you delete the partition on the ide. Set both disks to
dynamic. Mirror the two disks. Once healthy down the server and remove the
scsi drive. Boot backup and break the mirror.

 

[Guest]

Well Ok,
let's start me up from scratch and explain this in mini-steps so a
lay-person will understand "How-To" please.

PM does not clone / copy a hd

I think I understand the first part......BUT

You lost me !! "set both to dynamic"? Mirror...dah!! You mean "using PMagic"
copy one to the other??

Here is the first issue: getting the OS to boot from IDE when it had been
booting from scsi.

Two ways of doing this:

1. clone from scsi to ide. Remove the scsi drive. Boot the OS cd via the
bios and do a repair install. Provide any required hardware drivers. This
will correct the driver/ide boot issue.

2. with both disks in the system and the ide fomatted and tested as bootable
[active partition] you delete the partition on the ide. Set both disks to
dynamic. Mirror the two disks. Once healthy down the server and remove the
scsi drive. Boot backup and break the mirror.

 

[DL]

The 'simplest' way to clone an o/s drive is either;
1) Use the software, together with 'How to', iether supplied with the new
HD, or available on their web site
2) Or use a third party tool, eg Norton Ghost, Acronis True Image (Someone
else posted that they have a full working demo download available), xxclone
http://www.xxclone.com/
I have used Acronis, not the others.
Since you are changing Controllers, scsi to ide it is likely the sys wont
boot and you will have to do a repair installation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125
Also, which refers to winxp, but is similar
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Well Ok,
let's start me up from scratch and explain this in mini-steps so a
lay-person will understand "How-To" please.

PM does not clone / copy a hd

I think I understand the first part......BUT

You lost me !! "set both to dynamic"? Mirror...dah!! You mean "using PMagic"
copy one to the other??


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Here is the first issue: getting the OS to boot from IDE when it

had
been

booting from scsi.

Two ways of doing this:

1. clone from scsi to ide. Remove the scsi drive. Boot the OS cd

via
the

bios and do a repair install. Provide any required hardware

drivers.
This

will correct the driver/ide boot issue.

2. with both disks in the system and the ide fomatted and tested as bootable
[active partition] you delete the partition on the ide. Set both

disks
to

dynamic. Mirror the two disks. Once healthy down the server and

remove
the

scsi drive. Boot backup and break the mirror.