Cloning a PATA drive to SATA?

Leporello

Leporello

Leporello

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Dear Friends,

I'd like to move my system from my current Maxtor PATA drive to a new SATA Maxtor. When I installed Windows XP SP2 I installed the SATA and RAID drivers at the F6 stage of the install. I have Acronis True Image 9.

I've read a couple of posts which state categorically that it would be nececessary to do a repair install of Windows if I clone my system from a PATA disk to a SATA replacement. Given that I already have the SATA drivers installed into the OS, is this repair install really necessary?

I don't overclock or tinker with my system very much, I've successfully cloned PATA to PATA drives in the past but I'm unfamiliar with SATA drives.

Many thanks for your attention.
 
Many thanks for the prompt reply. I agree that it given that the correct drivers were installed previously it appears that the PATA to SATA clone should not require a repait install. I haven't bought the drive yet as I'm reluctant to do a re-install and reconfiguration so soon after a complete rebuild, so I can't try your suggestion of plugging it in and seeing if it works.

There must be loads of people here who've made the transition from PATA to SATA and I'd be very grateful if some of these people would share their hands on experience.

Thanks again for your reply.
 
Ah well, no definitive answer to my query. Perhaps in due course I'll try to clone a PATA drive to SATA. Then I'll be able to answer the question should another forum member ask it.
 
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