move data over to sata

I use xp sp2 home ed. currently booting off a 150gb ide drive. Iuse a 300 gb
sata for storage, i am changing alot of my setup but don 't want to reinstall
windows as it is setup how i like it. The sata has data on it already that i
want to keep.
QUESTION :> can I copy the data, including boot setup and windows, from the
IDE drive to the sata so i can boot from the sata drive AND keep all my
personal data.
PS i then want to remove the current boot ide drive.
thanks
bryan

bry25_uk wrote:
> I use xp sp2 home ed. currently booting off a 150gb ide drive. Iuse
> a 300 gb sata for storage, i am changing alot of my setup but don
> 't want to reinstall windows as it is setup how i like it. The sata
> has data on it already that i want to keep.
> QUESTION :> can I copy the data, including boot setup and windows,
> from the IDE drive to the sata so i can boot from the sata drive
> AND keep all my personal data.
>
> PS i then want to remove the current boot ide drive.

Using a complete imaging application, sure.
Then change the boot order in the BIOS - after you make sure the SATA drive
is a primary drive.

The SATA hard drive manufacturer may even have a freeware way of imaging the
older drive to the newer SATA drive.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Not by simply copying. The process is much more involved. If you
wish to have a single partition ( volume ) on the SATA drive you'd
have to backup the existing data, Image the PATA to SATA then
recover the data from the SATA's original backup. It might also be
possible to do a partition merge but that process is more risky and
prone to error.
Whatever method you choose, be sure that you have backups of
everything ( to external media such as DVD-R ) before starting.

"bry25_uk" <bry25uk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:25306EEE-4CE2-412D-8500-B6BBF635BFDC@microsoft.com...
>I use xp sp2 home ed. currently booting off a 150gb ide drive. Iuse a 300
>gb
> sata for storage, i am changing alot of my setup but don 't want to
> reinstall
> windows as it is setup how i like it. The sata has data on it already that
> i
> want to keep.
> QUESTION :> can I copy the data, including boot setup and windows, from
> the
> IDE drive to the sata so i can boot from the sata drive AND keep all my
> personal data.
> PS i then want to remove the current boot ide drive.
> thanks
> bryan

thanks, but will this leave my data that i want to keep that is already on
the sata drive? or will imaging the ide totally wipe the sata?
thanks


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> bry25_uk wrote:
> > I use xp sp2 home ed. currently booting off a 150gb ide drive. Iuse
> > a 300 gb sata for storage, i am changing alot of my setup but don
> > 't want to reinstall windows as it is setup how i like it. The sata
> > has data on it already that i want to keep.
> > QUESTION :> can I copy the data, including boot setup and windows,
> > from the IDE drive to the sata so i can boot from the sata drive
> > AND keep all my personal data.
> >
> > PS i then want to remove the current boot ide drive.
>
> Using a complete imaging application, sure.
> Then change the boot order in the BIOS - after you make sure the SATA drive
> is a primary drive.
>
> The SATA hard drive manufacturer may even have a freeware way of imaging the
> older drive to the newer SATA drive.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

bry25_uk wrote:
> I use xp sp2 home ed. currently booting off a 150gb ide drive. Iuse
> a 300 gb sata for storage, i am changing alot of my setup but don
> 't want to reinstall windows as it is setup how i like it. The sata
> has data on it already that i want to keep.
> QUESTION :> can I copy the data, including boot setup and windows,
> from the IDE drive to the sata so i can boot from the sata drive
> AND keep all my personal data.
> PS i then want to remove the current boot ide drive.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Using a complete imaging application, sure.
> Then change the boot order in the BIOS - after you make sure the
> SATA drive is a primary drive.
>
> The SATA hard drive manufacturer may even have a freeware way of
> imaging the older drive to the newer SATA drive.

bry25_uk wrote:
> thanks, but will this leave my data that i want to keep that is
> already on the sata drive? or will imaging the ide totally wipe the
> sata?

It'd wipe it. It's the one method that *will* work, however - given what
you have.

You should backup your data to external media in any case - no matter what.
If you backup this loose data and then restore it as needed afterwards -
that is your best bet - plus you have started what you should already have
going - periodic backups of the data important to you to external media. ;-)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

thanks for your help, i'll backup and go from there
thanks again
bryan



"R. McCarty" wrote:

> Not by simply copying. The process is much more involved. If you
> wish to have a single partition ( volume ) on the SATA drive you'd
> have to backup the existing data, Image the PATA to SATA then
> recover the data from the SATA's original backup. It might also be
> possible to do a partition merge but that process is more risky and
> prone to error.
> Whatever method you choose, be sure that you have backups of
> everything ( to external media such as DVD-R ) before starting.
>
> "bry25_uk" <bry25uk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:25306EEE-4CE2-412D-8500-B6BBF635BFDC@microsoft.com...
> >I use xp sp2 home ed. currently booting off a 150gb ide drive. Iuse a 300
> >gb
> > sata for storage, i am changing alot of my setup but don 't want to
> > reinstall
> > windows as it is setup how i like it. The sata has data on it already that
> > i
> > want to keep.
> > QUESTION :> can I copy the data, including boot setup and windows, from
> > the
> > IDE drive to the sata so i can boot from the sata drive AND keep all my
> > personal data.
> > PS i then want to remove the current boot ide drive.
> > thanks
> > bryan
>
>
>

Just one more thing to consider. PATA drives with an "Active" partition
will usually get a C:\ Drive letter designation by XP. BE SURE to remove
the PATA drive before you 1st boot the SATA or format the PATA &
DO NOT mark it as active.

"bry25_uk" <bry25uk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E3FE48D-CBFF-4175-82E0-92791D637F73@microsoft.com...
> thanks for your help, i'll backup and go from there
> thanks again
> bryan
>
>
>
> "R. McCarty" wrote:
>
>> Not by simply copying. The process is much more involved. If you
>> wish to have a single partition ( volume ) on the SATA drive you'd
>> have to backup the existing data, Image the PATA to SATA then
>> recover the data from the SATA's original backup. It might also be
>> possible to do a partition merge but that process is more risky and
>> prone to error.
>> Whatever method you choose, be sure that you have backups of
>> everything ( to external media such as DVD-R ) before starting.
>>
>> "bry25_uk" <bry25uk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:25306EEE-4CE2-412D-8500-B6BBF635BFDC@microsoft.com...
>> >I use xp sp2 home ed. currently booting off a 150gb ide drive. Iuse a
>> >300
>> >gb
>> > sata for storage, i am changing alot of my setup but don 't want to
>> > reinstall
>> > windows as it is setup how i like it. The sata has data on it already
>> > that
>> > i
>> > want to keep.
>> > QUESTION :> can I copy the data, including boot setup and windows, from
>> > the
>> > IDE drive to the sata so i can boot from the sata drive AND keep all my
>> > personal data.
>> > PS i then want to remove the current boot ide drive.
>> > thanks
>> > bryan
>>
>>
>>

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"bry25_uk" <bry25uk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:25306EEE-4CE2-412D-8500-B6BBF635BFDC@microsoft.com...
>I use xp sp2 home ed. currently booting off a 150gb ide drive. Iuse a 300
>gb
> sata for storage, i am changing alot of my setup but don 't want to
> reinstall
> windows as it is setup how i like it. The sata has data on it already that
> i
> want to keep.
> QUESTION :> can I copy the data, including boot setup and windows, from
> the
> IDE drive to the sata so i can boot from the sata drive AND keep all my
> personal data.
> PS i then want to remove the current boot ide drive.
> thanks
> bryan