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How can you Reboot and start in DOS with Windows Vista?

I want to be able to restart in DOS so that I can format the hard drive and install XP. How can I do that?This thread is current and worth following . . .http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-3513-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=244112Just boot from the CDWhen it asks you about where you want to install the OS you...

Tags: BIOS, Microsoft Windows, nriddle@..., Serial ATA, SATA HD, DOS, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-11-09

Moving/ghosting old IDE HD to a new SATA HD under WinXP

I just upgraded my old system with a new MB, SATA HD, MEM, Video, etc…My old IDE HD is great but I would like to take advantage of the faster SATA Hard drive, therefore I would like to moved or ghost my old 80G WinXP HD to my new 350G...

Tags: luisxl60@..., Serial ATA, Microsoft Windows XP, IDE HD, SATA HD, IDE

Discussion threads 2007-10-11

How to salvage data from bad Hard Drive

I tried to use my old SATA HD as a second drive for my new HP Pavillion PC. After connecting the SATA HD I cannot boot my PC I hear this whirring sound then it goes to the usual choice of booting normal or safemode. I Tried both ways &...

Tags: yedenyu@..., hard drive, Serial ATA, SATA HD

Discussion threads 2007-09-17

XP Formated SATA HD problem on external Enclosure

I have a SATA HD from my NB which was infected with Infostealer.Phar virus. After following instruction from Symantec, the virus was removed, but I lost TCP/IP connection due to erased registry files. So, I re-installed the NB with another SATA HD and wish to retrived files from this old...

Tags: hkg21@..., Microsoft Windows XP, SATA HD, Serial ATA, external enclosure

Discussion threads 2007-06-16

Installing, Configuring 1 SATA HD and 2 DVD-RW drives

I'm working on only my third PC build and have run into a snag. On an Asus Motherboard I am trying to install a SATA HD and two DVD-RW drives. I'm trying to install the DVD-RW drives on a single IDE ribbon cable. When booting the PC the...

Tags: BIOS, DVD, Consumer electronics, jameson131@..., SATA HD, DVD-RW, Serial ATA

Discussion threads 2007-03-29

I have 2 existing EIDE HD's. I just bought a SATA HD. Can SATA HD be used..

I have 2 existing EIDE HD's. I just bought a SATA HD. How do I use the new SATA HD as my master boot HD and the old EIDE HDs as my storage drives? I've already copied everything from my master EIDE HD to the new SATA HD and...

Tags: jus2sho@..., EIDE HD, SATA HD, Serial ATA, sata hd with 2 existing eide hds, windows, software, hardware, new SATA HD

Discussion threads 2007-02-19

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Problem with raid and SATA

cant finde raid config after instaletion of Maxtor 200GB SATA Ultra Series ATA/1 on my system, Tyan Tiger MP motherboard, WinXP SP1, when disabeling SATA HD, my Raid HD returns back

Tags: Serial ATA

Discussion threads 2006-01-07

Crack open the Xbox 360

About the XBOX external HDI was wondering if that Samsung 20GB SATA HD is formatted with some kind fo "proprietary" XBOX file system. I'm curious whether I could stick in a higher capacity SATA HD without problems.

Tags: Microsoft Xbox, Crack, xbox, samsung, external hd, sata, Halo3673, Xbox 360

Discussion threads 2006-04-26

Can I use an old EIDE HD on a new MB with SATA connections using...

Can I use an old EIDE HD on a new MB with SATA connections using the IDE connection? Or do you have to buy a new SATA HD and transfer everything over?Yes you can if the BIOS support itHowever, You can only put two IDE devices per channel. So...

Tags: wesleyhodgins@..., Serial ATA, EIDE HD

Discussion threads 2007-08-08

BOOT from Internal EIDE HD on Secondary IDE Master w/Existing SATA OS HD?

I'm doing an upgrade involving a Core2 Duo on a new MSI 945P Neo3 mobo that features 4 SATA ports & just one EIDE port. New 320GB Hitachi HD connected on SATA 1, which is replacing as the boot drive the legacy 80GB Maxtor EIDE HD, both drives under...

Tags: ericpeterson@..., Serial ATA, windows, hardware, IDE, EIDE HD, SATA 1, SATA 2

Discussion threads 2007-02-02

trying to install XP on Maxtor SATA HD

I am trying to install XP on a Maxtor SATA HD. The HD already has XP on it but need to format the HD and install it again. When the part of the installation comes up asking if you want to install XP press enter, or repair xp press...

Tags: Serial ATA, luv2bike2, Microsoft Windows XP, Maxtor Corp., BIOS

Discussion threads 2007-06-14

SATA and IDE HDs together

Questioncan I add a SATA HD(250G) to an IDE HD(160G) and get one drive with a total space of 410G?If so how?Windows Dynamic Disk and Spanned VolumesAssuming you are running Windows XP...Yes. You can accomplish what you want by convert

Tags: backup, disk, hardware, IDE, mlathangue@..., SATA Drivers, Serial ATA

Discussion threads 2006-11-01

running 2 sata hd with windows xp installed in each hd in one pc

Windows xp crashed many times. There were faulty memory sticks. But before I bought new memory ,I bought another sata hd and installed windows xp again. Windows continued freezing. Later, I discoverd the problem was a memory stick faulty.Now, I would like to know if it is possible to install...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Memory, bzmart@..., Microsoft Windows XP, sata, PC

Discussion threads 2007-08-21

SATA drive dissappeared on XP re-install

Hi all,I have an ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe motherboard with a 20 Gig IDE Fireball HD and a 120Gig SATA WD HD. The 20 has the OS and the 120 has all my data. I had to wipe and reinstall XP on the 20 (it was behaving very...

Tags: BIOS, RAID, Rzrseg, Serial ATA, EXPLORER, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2007-06-07

SATA I and II

Hi,I have an Intel SS4000-E storage device, the spec says you need to connect up to 4 SATA-I hard drives. Do you think it is possible to use SATA-II drives instead? Is there such a thing as SATA-I controller only? If so, what happens if SATA-II drives are used on...

Tags: SATA-I, controller, disk, sata, Amjad Zoghbi, hardware, SATA-II

Discussion threads 2006-07-19

New SATA HD install issues

I purchased a new HP Pavilion with Vista to operate a CNC computer numerically controlled machine. My CNC software is not Vista compatible but will be eventually. I was told to buy a new HD, unplug the existing and hook up to the new HD to install a...

Tags: donholco@..., hard drive, Serial ATA

Discussion threads 2007-04-11

Booting With Vista

I'm having problems booting up smoothly to vista. I have a SATA drive with XP on it and an IDE drive with Vista on it. When I press F8 in BIOS and boot to the IDE drive it doesn't boot to Vista. However, if I open the CD drive then...

Tags: Development tools, prinzhernan@..., IDE, CD, IDE Drive, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-10-18

Installing extra SATA HD's with Vista - Dynamic/Basic Volumes?

I have installed Windows Vista on a 40Gb Seagate HD. My other IDE uses a secondary 80Gb HD. Both of these work fine. Before upgrading to Vista I operated XP Pro using the same HD configuration with the inclusion of two 200Gb SATA HD's. After installing...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, gwilliam@..., windows, vista, hd, sata, Serial ATA

Discussion threads 2007-02-06

IDE and SATA Problems

I have a Asus A7N8-X Deluxe mobo, and I can't get my computer to boot with both IDE and SATA hard drives connected. It boots fine with just SATA plugged in, but when I plug in the IDE drive and the SATA drive, or just the IDE drive, it hangs...

Tags: Development tools, Delta88, Serial ATA, IDE, BIOS, SATA Drive

Discussion threads 2007-06-05

Hard Drive & optical drives SATA vrs IDE

Hard Drive & optical drives- I have IDE HD 20GB, 15GB, 1GB, can they connect to SATA in new machine? As extra HD’s and to transfer data across easily? (HARD DRIVE in question - 160GB 7200rpm SATA, Optical drive in question-SuperMulti SATA Drive with Lightscribe Technology, Double Layer)Multiple Ways to...

Tags: raticus, Serial ATA, optical drive, hard drive, IDE

Discussion threads 2007-06-27