Huntting Buckley
When I installed XP on my Seagate SATA drive I tried to use the Seagate
utility to do the same thing. Ultimately I found that the only solution was
to do a new clean install.
That said, there is a possibility that a Repair installation may work...
another alternative may be to use a third-party utility to copy an image
over but you may still need the Repair Install to introduce the SATA
drivers.
For any repair install you should always back up any important files in
advance of a hardware change.
The alternative to the full clean installation, which I would prefer in this
case, is the equally valid repair install (also known as an In-Place
Upgrade).
*However, it is not designed to be a time-saving option.*
See following Knowledge Base article for details. Pay careful attention to
the possible loss of data links in the MS article.
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q315341
Since you have a SATA drive, and assuming it is not *fully* integrated using
e.g. ICH5 or ICHR5 chipsets, then you will need to press F6 when prompted
during set-up and have the necessary SATA drivers available on a floppy disk
for the Repair Install to complete.
After the procedure has completed you may need to re-activate your
installation of XP. If it
has been more than 120 days since you last re-activated you should be able
to activate over the internet, otherwise it will require a short phonecall.
After the repair install you will need to re-install any XP service packs
and updates that are not included on your XP Installation CD, but you will
not need to re-install any applications.
Hope that helps
Pete
