[resolved]SATA Upgrade

betyouaint · 07-18-2007, 04:06 AM

Okay... after several years of living in the dark ages it is time to upgrade my drives from ATA to SATA.

I am currently running an ASUS A8V Deluxe with AMD 4400+ (Dual Athlon 64) and 1 GB RAM. My current drives include a 120 Maxtor and 250 Seagate connected via IDE. Both drives have their own version of XP Pro in a dual boot role.

I have just ordered a pair of Seagate 500GB SATA II drives to upgrade the capacity and speed of my system. I am aware that the motherboard only supports SATA I, but am relying on backwards compatability to help me out. At present, I have no intention of running any kind of RAID configuration as I've never had real reason to.

So, here come the questions....

1. Can I simply clone my current drives directly to the SATA drives...?

2. Can I have both the IDE and the SATA drives connected to the motherboard at the same time (to facilitate cloning)...?

3. How will my multi-boot arrangement work afterwards...?

4. Any other issues I should consider...?

Cheers O mighty gurus...

MaverickUK · 07-18-2007, 05:27 AM

1. Yes, you can.

2. Yes, you can have both IDE and SATA drives connected.

3. Your multi-boot will probably work as it usually would.

4. None that come to mind atm.

betyouaint · 07-18-2007, 08:45 AM

Well... that was easier than I thought. Looks like maybe technology is finally serving man rather than the other way round. Fingers crossed it really is that simple..?

Cheers

MaverickUK · 07-18-2007, 08:55 AM

All you need to do is set boot priority correctly in BIOS, enable SATA and download software for cloning a drive, then copy to the new SATA. Things are pretty simple these days :)

betyouaint · 07-18-2007, 09:10 AM

Eee by gum... I remember when you had to install DOS before you could install Windows and when you couldn't boot from a CD... Well, they only played music back then. Everything was a challenge to be overcome by cunning geekness.

It's much simpler, yes... but do we get as much fun and satisfaction from beating the machine...? Then again, maybe I'm too old to be arsed anymore.

07-18-2007, 04:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
betyouaint Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK Posts: 14 OS: XP/XP64	[resolved]SATA Upgrade Okay... after several years of living in the dark ages it is time to upgrade my drives from ATA to SATA. I am currently running an ASUS A8V Deluxe with AMD 4400+ (Dual Athlon 64) and 1 GB RAM. My current drives include a 120 Maxtor and 250 Seagate connected via IDE. Both drives have their own version of XP Pro in a dual boot role. I have just ordered a pair of Seagate 500GB SATA II drives to upgrade the capacity and speed of my system. I am aware that the motherboard only supports SATA I, but am relying on backwards compatability to help me out. At present, I have no intention of running any kind of RAID configuration as I've never had real reason to. So, here come the questions.... 1. Can I simply clone my current drives directly to the SATA drives...? 2. Can I have both the IDE and the SATA drives connected to the motherboard at the same time (to facilitate cloning)...? 3. How will my multi-boot arrangement work afterwards...? 4. Any other issues I should consider...? Cheers O mighty gurus... __________________ ASUS A8V Deluxe, AMD64x2 4400, 1GB DDR400, ATI AIW Radeon 9800, Seagate 250GB PATA, Maxtor 160GB PATA, LG DVDRAM GSA-4081B, LG RW/DVD GCC-4480B. Win XP Pro and Win XP64 Beta.

07-18-2007, 05:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
MaverickUK Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cheshire, England. Posts: 763 OS: XP Home My System	Re: SATA Upgrade 1. Yes, you can. 2. Yes, you can have both IDE and SATA drives connected. 3. Your multi-boot will probably work as it usually would. 4. None that come to mind atm. __________________ Currently studying: CompTIA A+ CompTIA N+ Cisco Certified Network Associate

07-18-2007, 08:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
betyouaint Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK Posts: 14 OS: XP/XP64	Re: SATA Upgrade Well... that was easier than I thought. Looks like maybe technology is finally serving man rather than the other way round. Fingers crossed it really is that simple..? Cheers __________________ ASUS A8V Deluxe, AMD64x2 4400, 1GB DDR400, ATI AIW Radeon 9800, Seagate 250GB PATA, Maxtor 160GB PATA, LG DVDRAM GSA-4081B, LG RW/DVD GCC-4480B. Win XP Pro and Win XP64 Beta.

07-18-2007, 08:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
MaverickUK Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cheshire, England. Posts: 763 OS: XP Home My System	Re: SATA Upgrade All you need to do is set boot priority correctly in BIOS, enable SATA and download software for cloning a drive, then copy to the new SATA. Things are pretty simple these days :) __________________ Currently studying: CompTIA A+ CompTIA N+ Cisco Certified Network Associate

07-18-2007, 09:10 AM	#5 (permalink)
betyouaint Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK Posts: 14 OS: XP/XP64	Re: SATA Upgrade Eee by gum... I remember when you had to install DOS before you could install Windows and when you couldn't boot from a CD... Well, they only played music back then. Everything was a challenge to be overcome by cunning geekness. It's much simpler, yes... but do we get as much fun and satisfaction from beating the machine...? Then again, maybe I'm too old to be arsed anymore. __________________ ASUS A8V Deluxe, AMD64x2 4400, 1GB DDR400, ATI AIW Radeon 9800, Seagate 250GB PATA, Maxtor 160GB PATA, LG DVDRAM GSA-4081B, LG RW/DVD GCC-4480B. Win XP Pro and Win XP64 Beta. Last edited by betyouaint; 07-18-2007 at 09:12 AM.