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AndrewJ4

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Since: Oct 09, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:24 am
Post subject: A7N8X DLX booting from SATA
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I can see the SATA drive and use it in XP. Used the WD utility to copy
all the OS files from the C: drive to it for booting to the new drive.
If I unplug the IDE C: drive and try to bootup it says "OS problem".
1. Upgraded to 1008 BIOS, didn't help.
2. BIOS has SATA/SCSI boot choices but not in the IDE section.
3. Mobo has the jumpe rset to SATA enabled.
4. Cable used is the Primay ATA connection.
5. Have the SATA utility and drivers loaded. I can enter the SATA
utility at POST but it only gives RAID choices.

I ran RAID for over a year on another ASUS board. I can't believe how
hard it is to just boot to an SATA drive.

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peter37

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:00 am
Post subject: Re: A7N8X DLX booting from SATA [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Have you tried running a "repair" installation ? with the IDE unplugged
Is the SATA drive listed as the 2nd boot device with a CD/DVD as the 1st??
I run the same MOBO and when I switched to a SATA drive I basically did a new
installation during wich I loaded the SATA drivers.
I then formatted the IDE partition that had XP on it.
peter
"AndrewJ" wrote in message

 >
 > I can see the SATA drive and use it in XP. Used the WD utility to copy
 > all the OS files from the C: drive to it for booting to the new drive.
 > If I unplug the IDE C: drive and try to bootup it says "OS problem".
 > 1. Upgraded to 1008 BIOS, didn't help.
 > 2. BIOS has SATA/SCSI boot choices but not in the IDE section.
 > 3. Mobo has the jumpe rset to SATA enabled.
 > 4. Cable used is the Primay ATA connection.
 > 5. Have the SATA utility and drivers loaded. I can enter the SATA
 > utility at POST but it only gives RAID choices.
 >
 > I ran RAID for over a year on another ASUS board. I can't believe how
 > hard it is to just boot to an SATA drive.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->

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old man

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:46 pm
Post subject: Re: A7N8X DLX booting from SATA [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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You've changed yr win o/s hardware, therefore you need to perform a repair
install

"AndrewJ" wrote in message

 >
 > I can see the SATA drive and use it in XP. Used the WD utility to copy
 > all the OS files from the C: drive to it for booting to the new drive.
 > If I unplug the IDE C: drive and try to bootup it says "OS problem".
 > 1. Upgraded to 1008 BIOS, didn't help.
 > 2. BIOS has SATA/SCSI boot choices but not in the IDE section.
 > 3. Mobo has the jumpe rset to SATA enabled.
 > 4. Cable used is the Primay ATA connection.
 > 5. Have the SATA utility and drivers loaded. I can enter the SATA
 > utility at POST but it only gives RAID choices.
 >
 > I ran RAID for over a year on another ASUS board. I can't believe how
 > hard it is to just boot to an SATA drive.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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AndrewJ

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 2:57 am
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 >You've changed yr win o/s hardware, therefore you need to perform a repair
 >install
 >

Thanks to both of you. After unplugging all my IDE drives it boots
fine to the SATA drive. Just need to figure out how to add all my
other drives back.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Paul Busby

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:05 am
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AndrewJ wrote:
  >> You've changed yr win o/s hardware, therefore you need to perform a
  >> repair install
  >>
 >
 > Thanks to both of you. After unplugging all my IDE drives it boots
 > fine to the SATA drive. Just need to figure out how to add all my
 > other drives back.

Reformat any IDE discs as extended volumes with logical drives as needed,
you'll then have no active partitions to worry about nor attempt to steal
drive letters already assigned to SATA.

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peter37

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:57 am
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If you did the repair installation then the Master Boot record now resides on
the SATA drive and you should be able to boot properly with the IDE drives
plugged in.
peter
"AndrewJ" wrote in message

 >
 >
  >>You've changed yr win o/s hardware, therefore you need to perform a repair
  >>install
  >>
 >
 > Thanks to both of you. After unplugging all my IDE drives it boots
 > fine to the SATA drive. Just need to figure out how to add all my
 > other drives back.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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AndrewJ

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:38 am
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 >If you did the repair installation then the Master Boot record now resides on
 >the SATA drive and you should be able to boot properly with the IDE drives
 >plugged in.
 >peter


No matter what I could not get repair to work. Four different times it
froze with 32 minutes to go. Sometimes I waited more than 40 minutes
before rebooting and each time it started back at zero and froze
again. I wonder if in some cases SP2 breakes the repair feature? If so
that will no come as a big shock to me.
Doing a clean install worked perfect so that's nice.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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peter37

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:39 pm
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I dont know..I have not done a repair with my slipstreamed XP/sp2 CD.....
peter
"AndrewJ" wrote in message

 >
 >
  >>If you did the repair installation then the Master Boot record now resides on
  >>the SATA drive and you should be able to boot properly with the IDE drives
  >>plugged in.
  >>peter
 >
 >
 > No matter what I could not get repair to work. Four different times it
 > froze with 32 minutes to go. Sometimes I waited more than 40 minutes
 > before rebooting and each time it started back at zero and froze
 > again. I wonder if in some cases SP2 breakes the repair feature? If so
 > that will no come as a big shock to me.
 > Doing a clean install worked perfect so that's nice.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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