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Hard Drives Issues, Dimension 8400
Current Configuration:
Dimension 8400, Pentium 4 @3 GHz; 2.5 GB DDR2 SDRAM; Seagate 7200.7 (80GB); Win XP Pro
Change:
Swapping out 80 GB drive for Seagate 7200.11, 500GB, 32MB cache. SATA II drive
Actions:
Mounted & powered up new drive
Got it to recognize in BIOS
Partitioned (whole drive, no subs) & quick formatted through WinXP
Used DiscWizard to clone old system with goal of migrating to new drive. Told it to overwrite current partition.
Results:
Windows recognizes new drive under My Computer
With DiscWizard, System powered down like it was supposed to. No change (no files, etc.) on new drive
In BIOS, marked out old drive (turned to "Off") and left new drive alone. System tells me something like "Can't find drive - press F1 to retry or F2 to setup"
Can't figure out how to 1) actually clone files from old to new drive, and 2) change drives so new drive is the master
Questions:
1) Does this mobo support SATA II? If not a PCI SATA II controller is pretty cheap but would like to avoid if possible
2) How do I switch over to the new drive? Can I re-config in BIOS or do I manually switch cables? If so, do I switch the ones on the motherboard or the back of the drives?
Thanks