new drive, need to move everything...

locutus12 · 5 Apr 2006 at 21:18

is it possible to ghost everything from my IDE 120 gig barracuda to my new 200 gig seagate SATA ? or do i have to build it from scratch...

semi-pro waster · 6 Apr 2006 at 11:48

Do you want to use it as a boot drive? If so then it becomes potentially more tricky as you will have to install your SATA drivers onto the IDE drive before ghosting but it should still work.

locutus12 · 6 Apr 2006 at 14:37

ah crap, how the hell do i do that lol, this is my first SATA drive. ive built systems with SATA but its easy when building them from scratch, just takes more time is all.

p.s. yup, i want it as the boot drive. gonna have my 120gig seagate barracuda as an external USB drive.

smids · 6 Apr 2006 at 16:36

What motherboard do you have an which SATA controller are you connecting it to. If it's an nF4 one, it *should* work without drivers as nVidia SATA ports automatically default to IDE mode when no drivers are present.

locutus12 · 6 Apr 2006 at 17:32

Asrock ULI chipset, sata and sata 2 controller onboard. the chipset itself is owned and made by Nvidia these days.

smids · 6 Apr 2006 at 17:43

I'm pretty sure there is an option in BIOS to allow IDE mode on the SATA ports, in which case you might not need the drivers but otherwise, you'll need to install the drivers and then ghost.