[yogybeer]

my old pc has an ide drive my newer pc has an aya. the aya doesnt work i tried to reboot the pc it gets 1/4way through and stops working so i put the aya drive inthe old pc and it did the same thing.now i tried to put the ide in the newer pc and i got a screen that read its not configured properly how can i configure itor do i need to buy a special hard drive

i would appreciate your feed back
thanks glenn

 

[norton850]

Good Morning

We need help! Very difficult to know what you are talking about. I think a reasonable guess is that you now have a SATA drive. Why don't you try explaining what the problem is again.

 

[Rich-M]

Yeah I think lack of response is because we cannot figure out what you are saying.
With ide drive from another pc, you cannot expect it to work because hardware is different.

 

[d3m0n1q_733rz]

What the bloody heck is aya? I hope you're not trying to say ata because EIDE and ATA are pretty much the same interface. SATA though, would require you to get an adapter to plug in your IDE hard drive. You can find them on e-bay for little cost.

 

[d3m0n1q_733rz]

Yogybeer, you been drinking?

 

[yogybeer]

what im tring to ask is can i put my working eide in the pc that had the ata


thanks again

 

[Triple6]

EIDE and ATA and PATA are used interchangeably - its the same interface.

What you cannot do is to is move an installation of Windows from one computer to another and expect it to work. Due to differences in hardware, Windows rarely boots up correctly in another computer other then the one it was initially installed.

 

[cwwozniak]

wthe pc that had the ata

Is it Parallel ATA or Serial ATA? See this web site if you need help in figuring it out.

http://www.directron.com/patasata.html

 

[d3m0n1q_733rz]

Yogybeer, I wanted to appologize earlier for my comments; I honestly didn't mean anything by them other than to lighten the situation and get the point across that there was a slight glitch in your post that had us all confuzzled.
Again, sorry.

 

[yogybeer]

i dont take anything to heart but my eyesight could be better
age sucks
i went to the web sight and concluded pata because its the wide cable
i may have the pins screwed up

thanks again

 

[yogybeer]

i think your saying if i reinstal windows it might work . is this correct

 

[Frank4d]

If you move a drive that has XP installed on it to another computer, chances are it won't boot at all or will only boot in safe mode. If you do manage to get it to boot in safe mode, do a repair install (install windows over itself). That will usually (sometimes) install the correct motherboard drivers to allow it to work.

 

[yogybeer]

what can i do if that doesnt work

 

[d3m0n1q_733rz]

Not exactly, but make sure you have your activation code handy. When you go to select a windows installation, it will give you the option to repair. Choose repair and it will re-install only the system files keeping your main system in tact. Although, you will be required to install all of your windows updates all over again...that's going to be fun.
If that doesn't work, I would say try some of that good ole' HDD repair tools to see if your drive stays visable in a DOS environment instead of just a windows one. If it doesn't, the you've got hardware troubles friend, if it does, then it's more likely something to do with Windows.

 

[yogybeer]

thanks ill try it

bye