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Skriven 2005-01-08 22:05:08 av Gary Britt (1:379/45)
Kommentar till text 1801 av John Oellrich (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Drive connection standards: EIDE, Serial ATA, Firewire, USB, other?
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From: "Gary Britt" <zotu@nospamforme.com>
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Hey John, good to see you around! Lucent stock has sure been on a =
rollercoaster the last 6 months. =20
Gary
"John Oellrich" <john@oellrich.us> wrote in message =
news:41df5e04@w3.nls.net...
Gary,
I have had it go two ways. BSOD, which means the drive had such an =
incompatible driver on it that it just completely puked over the new = setup,
or just a rough time nursing WinXP through somewhat successful = boots, but
having issues with things like USB or 1394 drivers.
--=20
john
john@oellrich.us
"Gary Britt" <zotu@nospamforme.com> wrote in message =
news:41de0870$1@w3.nls.net...
That I don't know, because I never ran NT4, but if you try pulling a =
win2k
installed hard disk and putting it into a different machine with =
different
chipset/motherboard and hard drive controller chips. It will blue =
screen
with inaccessible boot drive. I've seen web info where some claim =
that if
you take the win2k install and delete all special hardware devices =
and get
everything back to standard vga, standard int13 disk drive =
controllers, etc
etc., and then put the hard drive in the machine with the new =
motherboard
and boot up that it will recognize the new hardware devices and not
necessarily blue screen on you.
Gary
"Geo" <georger@nls.net> wrote in message news:41da0ac9@w3.nls.net...
> I would think W2K would be more forgiving about hardware changes =
than NT4
> would.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Gary Britt" <garyb@nospamforme.com> wrote in message
> news:41d967b3@w3.nls.net...
> > I'd suggest swapping out the motherboard before upgrading to =
Win2K.
> > Otherwise with the hardware changes you might have to reinstall =
Win2K
all
> > over again after the motherboard swap.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > "Randall Parker" =
<STOPtechieSPAMpunditNOW@STOPfutureSPAMpundit.comNOW>
> wrote
> > in message news:41d8e4a9@w3.nls.net...
> > > Gary,
> > >
> > > Initially I just want to plug the drive into a 5 year old =
motherboard
> and
> > copy the
> > > existing old drive's partitions over to it and make it =
bootable (going
> to
> > try using
> > > Acronis Disk Manager to do this). Then a couple of weeks later =
upgrade
> to
> > Win2k
> > > (running NT on this box). Then in a month I intend to swap out =
the
> > motherboard and
> > > processor and the new MoBo should have all the fancy UDMA mode
support.
> > >
> > > So if initially I'm using older slower modes it is no big =
deal. I just
> > want it to
> > > work at each stage of my migration.
> > >
> > > I'm doing the upgrade in slow motion with time between steps =
to make
> sure
> > each step
> > > didn't mess up anything.
> > >
> > > Gary Britt wrote:
> > > > Maxtor drives have some good sales going for the past few =
months. I
> > have 2
> > > > Maxtor 160 gb 133 mhz UDMA drives that have 16 mb cache and =
rotation
> > speed
> > > > of 7200 rpm. If your motherboard doesn't support 133 mhz =
UDMA 6
> modes,
> > you
> > > > can do what I did and get a Promise Ultra 133/Tx2 hard drive
> controller.
> > > > Fry's has these 160 gb Maxtor drives on sale for $129, if =
memory
> serves.
> > > >
> > > > Gary
> >
> >
>
>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hey John, good to see you =
around! =20
Lucent stock has sure been on a rollercoaster the last 6 months. =20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Gary</FONT></DIV>
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href=3D"mailto:john@oellrich.us">john@oellrich.us</A>> wrote in =
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<DIV>Gary,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I have had it go two ways. BSOD, which means the drive had such =
an=20
incompatible driver on it that it just completely puked over the =
new=20
setup, or just a rough time nursing WinXP through somewhat successful =
boots,=20
but having issues with things like USB or 1394 drivers.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>-- <BR>john</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><A href=3D"mailto:john@oellrich.us">john@oellrich.us</A></DIV>
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<DIV>"Gary Britt" <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:zotu@nospamforme.com">zotu@nospamforme.com</A>> =
wrote in=20
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V>That=20
I don't know, because I never ran NT4, but if you try pulling a=20
win2k<BR>installed hard disk and putting it into a different machine =
with=20
different<BR>chipset/motherboard and hard drive controller =
chips. It=20
will blue screen<BR>with inaccessible boot drive. I've seen =
web info=20
where some claim that if<BR>you take the win2k install and delete =
all=20
special hardware devices and get<BR>everything back to standard vga, =
standard int13 disk drive controllers, etc<BR>etc., and then put the =
hard=20
drive in the machine with the new motherboard<BR>and boot up that it =
will=20
recognize the new hardware devices and not<BR>necessarily blue =
screen on=20
you.<BR><BR>Gary<BR><BR>"Geo" <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:georger@nls.net">georger@nls.net</A>> wrote in =
message <A=20
=
href=3D"news:41da0ac9@w3.nls.net">news:41da0ac9@w3.nls.net</A>...<BR>>=
I=20
would think W2K would be more forgiving about hardware changes than=20
NT4<BR>> would.<BR>><BR>> Geo.<BR>><BR>> "Gary Britt" =
<<A=20
href=3D"mailto:garyb@nospamforme.com">garyb@nospamforme.com</A>> =
wrote in=20
message<BR>> <A=20
=
href=3D"news:41d967b3@w3.nls.net">news:41d967b3@w3.nls.net</A>...<BR>>=
>=20
I'd suggest swapping out the motherboard before upgrading to =
Win2K.<BR>>=20
> Otherwise with the hardware changes you might have to reinstall =
Win2K<BR>all<BR>> > over again after the motherboard =
swap.<BR>>=20
><BR>> > Gary<BR>> ><BR>> > "Randall Parker" =
<<A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:STOPtechieSPAMpunditNOW@STOPfutureSPAMpundit.comNOW">STOPt=
echieSPAMpunditNOW@STOPfutureSPAMpundit.comNOW</A>><BR>>=20
wrote<BR>> > in message <A=20
=
href=3D"news:41d8e4a9@w3.nls.net">news:41d8e4a9@w3.nls.net</A>...<BR>>=
>=20
> Gary,<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Initially I just want =
to plug=20
the drive into a 5 year old motherboard<BR>> and<BR>> > =
copy=20
the<BR>> > > existing old drive's partitions over to it and =
make it=20
bootable (going<BR>> to<BR>> > try using<BR>> > > =
Acronis=20
Disk Manager to do this). Then a couple of weeks later =
upgrade<BR>>=20
to<BR>> > Win2k<BR>> > > (running NT on this box). =
Then in a=20
month I intend to swap out the<BR>> > motherboard and<BR>> =
>=20
> processor and the new MoBo should have all the fancy UDMA=20
mode<BR>support.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > So if initially =
I'm=20
using older slower modes it is no big deal. I just<BR>> > want =
it=20
to<BR>> > > work at each stage of my migration.<BR>> =
>=20
><BR>> > > I'm doing the upgrade in slow motion with =
time=20
between steps to make<BR>> sure<BR>> > each step<BR>> =
> >=20
didn't mess up anything.<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Gary =
Britt=20
wrote:<BR>> > > > Maxtor drives have some good sales =
going for=20
the past few months. I<BR>> > have 2<BR>> > > =
>=20
Maxtor 160 gb 133 mhz UDMA drives that have 16 mb cache and =
rotation<BR>>=20
> speed<BR>> > > > of 7200 rpm. If your =
motherboard=20
doesn't support 133 mhz UDMA 6<BR>> modes,<BR>> > =
you<BR>> >=20
> > can do what I did and get a Promise Ultra 133/Tx2 hard=20
drive<BR>> controller.<BR>> > > > Fry's has these 160 =
gb=20
Maxtor drives on sale for $129, if memory<BR>> serves.<BR>> =
> >=20
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