copying IDE hd to SATA hd

[msantosh18]

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

[ramsubraj]

some details on the above issue.....

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


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

PLEASE HELP......

[chiru]

may be ur motherboard doesn't support sata drives

[ramsubraj]

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

[passion_unlimitedd]

Originally Posted by msantosh18

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

how u copied the HDD ? did u simply performed copy/paste the whole HDD ? if so it will not boot from u r sata hdd. make an image of u r old IDE hdd and then restore the image in the new sata hdd. it will do the job. for making image u can use norton ghost, acronis true image etc .

[vivepulicaci23]

+1 for passion_unlimitedd