I have just built my first computer based on the ASUS A8V Deluxe Wireless edition motherboard, and the Athlon 64 3500+ processor, Windows XP SP2. Everything is up and running well, very fast, very stable etc. I currently have the OS on a PATA, IDE drive, but I would like to switch to a SATA drive as this board allows for that having both Promise and Via controllers.
I need some guidance as to how I go about this. What I would like to do is to use Acronis True Image to clone my IDE disk to a new SATA drive, then change the BIOS to boot from the new drive, format the old drive to use for backups.
I suspect that it might not be as simple as this though, at what stage for example do I load the SATA drivers? Will a SATA drive cloned from an IDE drive boot up? Is the only way to do this to reload Windows and all the applications?
Given that the motherboard has both Promise and Via controllers, which would people suggest I use?
I need some guidance as to how I go about this. What I would like to do is to use Acronis True Image to clone my IDE disk to a new SATA drive, then change the BIOS to boot from the new drive, format the old drive to use for backups.
I suspect that it might not be as simple as this though, at what stage for example do I load the SATA drivers? Will a SATA drive cloned from an IDE drive boot up? Is the only way to do this to reload Windows and all the applications?
Given that the motherboard has both Promise and Via controllers, which would people suggest I use?