IDE to SATA help

[agrocm]

hi all ive been a reader for a while but recently came across a problem i could not fix. my system is not the best its a dual core 1.8ghz per core on board graphics on a gigabyte ga-945gcmx-s2. i got this new gigabyte board cause my last one died and was a cheap option this new board has sata connectors for it but i use to have old ide drives a 20 and a 120 gb segate i wanna buy like a 500 gb or something sata how can i transfer everything over to sata and remove ide. also i dont have a cd for my operating software is there anyway to trafer my operating software over aswell. anyhelp is greatly appreciated, one last thing ill need power for my sata drives but my psu doesnt have sata connections is it as simple as getting that self crimping style connector and crimping the camble that go to a molex plug ?

[Scotty]

I believe Norton has a program can't remember the name, could be Ghost which can trasfer all drive data to another. That way you could use that on the OS drive, then when in Windows on the 500GB SATA drive you would have to copy the files.

You can get Molex to SATA connectors, which cost hardly anything. Sometimes PSUs or Motherboards have them packaged so check your boxes, if you still have them.

[crenn]

Here's a freeware tool which can move the data over.

http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=1668

As Scotty said, Molex to SATA connectors are cheap and work.

[Scotty]

Helps if you give a link Crenn..

[agrocm]

I believe Norton has a program can't remember the name, could be Ghost which can trasfer all drive data to another. That way you could use that on the OS drive, then when in Windows on the 500GB SATA drive you would have to copy the files.

You can get Molex to SATA connectors, which cost hardly anything. Sometimes PSUs or Motherboards have them packaged so check your boxes, if you still have them.

ive just ordered uv sheathing and uv molex plugs new molex pins im going to tidy up my wires and do a tutorial on cable sheathing to put it on here i dont reall wanna have molex to sata conextors as it will be all heat shrinked and sheathed thanks for your help guys and quick response i might just take it to my computer guy hes the one who put the windows xp on without a disk lol so i might get him to do it while we are on the subject of ide i took it to him oneday toget a new m/b he put a pci card in one of the slots and that runs one of my hard drives where the other one is run off the m/b than loops through to my cd drive ... wtf ?? any help ?

heres a picture of my system u can see that pci card in there to
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e89/agrocm/IMG_6379.jpg

[xmastree]

I'm not sure I fully understand the problem here, but I think you want to transfer your data from old IDE drives to a new SATA one? Looking at the picture, it seems that the board has IDE connectors, and also has SATA according to the post. Can't you just plug them all in?

Failing that, if you just want to use the SATA drive, use one of these (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200173856208). It will allow you to access any type of drive (IDE (3.5" and 2.5") or SATA) through a usb port.

Start with a fresh install on the SATA, then use this gadget to connect the IDE drives and copy all your stuff from them.

[crenn]

xmastree, if you look under the IDE cable stretching over the board, you can see the SATA ports.

[agrocm]

xmastree, if you look under the IDE cable stretching over the board, you can see the SATA ports.

i know there is sata what i was asking is why did this guy who wored on my computer run one ide drive off a pci slot and one ide and cd drive off the motherboard ide ?

[shooter05]

Maybe the other IDE slot on the board was inop? I had one board that was that way. Was the board used when you bought it?

He just added a PCI-IDE controller card. They are great for adding more ide's

[agrocm]

Maybe the other IDE slot on the board was inop? I had one board that was that way. Was the board used when you bought it?

He just added a PCI-IDE controller card. They are great for adding more ide's

na brand new hes always pretty good for fixing my computer and **** but he only deals in gigabyte boards. i was thinhking ? if i put a hot swapable sata drive in say a 250 and a 250 make a copy of all my operating systems and **** onto one of the drives than call my old ide drive drive (j) just say and change the new sata with all the stuff on it to (C) drive in theroy it should work cause it will always load from the directory c drive ? yes ..... no ?

[shooter05]

Yes it would work that way. After you copy everything over to the sata drive format the old ide drive so you don't have 2 c drives

[agrocm]

Yes it would work that way. After you copy everything over to the sata drive format the old ide drive so you don't have 2 c drives

any all it does is make reffence to my "C" drive to get infomation. lol ok next question how do i change drive locations ? and also red and orange sata cables wats the go ? last board i had has red sata new boards has orange sata and orange cables is this a speed thing ?

[crenn]

All Sata cables will work. I prefer to use the thicker orange cable (2 came with my Motherboard).

As for why he added an IDE card, most new motherboards only have one IDE channel.

EDIT: Confirmed:

http://www.gigabyte.co.nz/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2521&ProductName=GA-945GCMX-S2

[agrocm]

All Sata cables will work. I prefer to use the thicker orange cable (2 came with my Motherboard).

As for why he added an IDE card, most new motherboards only have one IDE channel.

EDIT: Confirmed:

http://www.gigabyte.co.nz/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2521&ProductName=GA-945GCMX-S2

how many things can run on one ide slot cause it has one harddrive and the cd drive on one cable


also how do i change a drive name

[slytherock]

2 devices on each IDE cable

[agrocm]

2 devices on each IDE cable

hence why he has done it like that lol i cant wait to get my new board and gpu card i hate running onboard graphics my old board had a geforce fx 5200 lol it held up alright but the fan kept not wanting to spin and died lol

[slytherock]

For the drive nam: right click the drive and click rename...

[agrocm]

For the drive nam: right click the drive and click rename...

ok well what i meant was change the drive directory from say f to c ? all that does is changes the so it dont say drive it could say music or videos but still has the c in brackets

[slytherock]

in the control panel, go to administrative tool
then computer management
Storage
Disk management
and right click the drive you want

[agrocm]

in the control panel, go to administrative tool
then computer management
Storage
Disk management
and right click the drive you want

hey great thanks how do i rep + lol ?

[slytherock]

It ws right? I had to translate from my french main system... :D

[agrocm]

It ws right? I had to translate from my french main system... :D

dw i found the rep thing and added ya some points!

[xmastree]

most new motherboards only have one IDE channel.What? You'll be telling me they dn't come with serial ports next... :(

[crenn]

They normally only come with 1.