SATA vs IDE

[Threepwood]

Don't know if anyone mentioined but you can get SATA-IDE converters and vice versa.

You wouldn't see a perfomance increase like that though, and the adapter would probably run 100-200 Rand.

 

[Turiko]

really turiko

my experience is that ide installs dont have sata drivers on them and windows install has not loaded them, so you will either have a restarting pc or you will need to repair, now depending on the age of the mobo this is not always a problem but it can be

you could also use acronis to add the sata drivers but thats an expensive program when u could just repair the ide installation ot pick up the sata drive

jumpers where not difficult, they where annoying though

Ok so you're cloning a drive to a PC with different hardware! I didn't know that. Yes then of course it will require a reinstall of the OS.

 

[killat]

I would suggest DriveImage XML to clone your drive. Its free and fast (Just make sure the drive u'll be restoring to has the same capacity or more)

 

[Nameite]

what do you suggest I use for the clone? if i go that route

I used easeus disk copy 2.0...like just now.

Not many options but its free, and small to download (20mb)

I just changed from 80gig IDE barracuda to 250gig SATA barracuda

Took me an hour...