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Kubie
05-31-2008, 11:43 AM
I have a choice to make and depending on your advice and suggestions, I'll choose the appropriate way to go.

I can reload everything as new, which means saving all of my photos, videos, and data to cd's and/or dvd's and adding them after installation. It also means reinstalling all of my programs, AVG, SP3, Office, and many, many others.

OR

I can use a "cloning" software which I have never done before. Would Acronis True Image in the trial version do this? How complicated is it to do? Is there a way to copy my existing drive to the new drive using XP or something else?

TIA

Kubie
glc
05-31-2008, 11:51 AM
Clone the drive using Seagate DiscWizard (assuming you bought a Seagate drive). It's a free download.
Kubie
05-31-2008, 12:25 PM
Clone the drive using Seagate DiscWizard (assuming you bought a Seagate drive). It's a free download.

I bought the drive you recommended G. Its a Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm, 250gig, SATA drive, with 16mb cache.

Thanks G for the help!

Kubie
Kubie
05-31-2008, 01:44 PM
Ah yes, the progression of technology!:mad:

I'll have to go down to Best Buy and see if I can buy another SATA cable as this drive does not have the option of IDE connection. Also have to see if they have a SATA power to molex 4-pin power adapter. Looked high and low for the cables that were extra when I built this pc but to no avail.


Kubie
Kubie
05-31-2008, 02:59 PM
Got my connectors at Staples.
My question is is can I connect this drive to the other SATA port on the mobo? Since the only jumper is for 1.5gbs/3.0gbs and not master/slave, will I run into a problem or will it be sorted out?

TIA

Kubie



Installed and cloned! Silence is great!

Thank you all!

Kubie
glc
05-31-2008, 05:10 PM
That's what's so great about SATA - no jumpers (except the 1.5/3.0) and no master/slave to worry about.
Kubie
05-31-2008, 05:15 PM
What is the 3.0 jumper setting? What is required to get the faster speeds?

TIA

Kubie
glc
05-31-2008, 05:44 PM
The setting is for backwards compatibility with some 1.5 controllers that won't recognize 3.0 drives. I think the only ones that are affected are Vias. Older Intels don't have a problem. Pull the jumper.
Kubie
05-31-2008, 06:19 PM
Jumper is pulled and I can tell a noticeable difference.

Thanks for the help G!

Kubie