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copying IDE hd to SATA hd

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ramsubraj Original post #1
Mar 7, 2008 at 1:35 AM
can anyone help me for the following problem

i got a new SATA hd and i have copied my old IDE hd to my new sata hd

and the os in IDE hd is windows 2000. the copying was sucessful but i cant boot into the system

source : samsung 80GB ide hard disk

target : seagate 80gb sata hard disk


copied using : Norton Ghost


problem 1:

had blue screen error related to acpi.....

solution :

=copied acpi.sys from an windows xp system to windows 2000
=acpi error was solved.

problem 2:

now blue screen error shows INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

the old motherboard did not support sata..........

but now it is connected to the latest Intel 945GCNL Board......

so its not a problem with the motherboard


SOLUTION NEEDED.............

PLEASE HELP......


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slugger
slugger #2
Mar 7, 2008 at 11:37 AM
u will have to install SATA controller drivers

if u had dun a clean install of the OS den it would have asked you for the drivers. however since you have made an image of the boot drive from a PATA HDD, it is not present

install the controller drivers
R
Mar 7, 2008 at 11:58 AM
can u please elaborate on this .....

i have INtel 945gcnl board....

i could not find sata controller driver for win 2000

even if i find, how to install them
slugger
slugger #4
Mar 7, 2008 at 12:05 PM
d SATA controler drivers are provided with the HDD

wen doin a clean install of the OS on SATA u will b asked 4 d SATA drivers, just pop in the controller CD/floppy wen asked

AFAIK u will have 2 do a clean install
R
Mar 7, 2008 at 12:17 PM
clean install is out of the issue....

i have a software that needs to work on the old hdd....

so i cant clean install....

any other options......

please help
R
May 15, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Dear friends,

Please note that 945GCNL motherboard does not support windows 2000 OS.

Regards,

Raymond Solomon
R
May 19, 2008 at 3:51 PM
thx a lot solomon....