I purchased a new Custom made computer loaded with Windows 7, 64bit. My old computer has a 80 BG hard drive containing Windows XP and 20gb of family pictures. The Hard drive with XP is a 32bit system. When I tried to put my old hard drive in my new computer as a second operating system, all the hard drive connections were different as were the connections for my DVD Drive. I purchased a kit to convert IDE connections to SATA but I still cannot get my computer to recognize the new hard drive. I'm not an expert with computers but I am more than a novice. My motherboard is a ASUSTeK M5A78L-M/USB3
If you search on Computer Management and then select Disk Management, do you see anything identified as a foreign disk?
If so, right click and select 'import foreign disk'.
Regards
UKMedia
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Build
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit (SP 1)
CPU
Intel Core i7 4770K OC
Motherboard
ASUS Maximus VII Ranger
Memory
32GB 1600Mhz DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GTX580 Twin Frozr II/OC and NVIDIA GTX 970
Sound Card
On-Board and Soundblaster Recon 3 D headset
Monitor(s) Displays
x2 Flat screen 21" LG displays + x1 LG W2363D (3D)
Hard Drives
5 internal Hard Drives:
1 x WD 120GB Solid State
4 x WD 1TB (CAVIAR BLACK 1TB 32MB 7200 SATA) as Raid 5 array
PSU
Dark Power Pro 10 1200W
Case
CoolerMaster HAF 932 Case - Black
Cooling
Thermaltake Contac21 cooler
Keyboard
Cyborg
Mouse
Razor Mamba
Internet Speed
0.5 Mb - (Benefits of rural location!) & 24 MB Sat
Antivirus
MSE
Other Info
Teaming 2 GB network connection to Wired 1GB switch.
Connected to 37TB (Raid 5) of network storage on a wired 1GB lan.
(Mixture of internal hard drives, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB & 16TB Terastations)
What do you want to have when it's all said and done??
The new computer with Windows 7 on one hard drive and Windows XP on another drive?
Or??
Generally, if you take a working system drive from an old PC and put it in new PC, you'll have problems. But I'm not clear on exactly what you are trying to do.
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
CPU
Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics Card(s)
none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
I had thought it would be nice to have Windows 7 as my main OS but also be able to boot to my old drive for things that are on my Windows XP drive. I am now considering a virtual drive on my new hard drive which will allow me to load Windows XP.
XP would run fine in VMware - I have the full set, going back to WFW 3.11. Trouble is, it's still seen as an install so you might run into activation problems. If the old XP pc still works, I'd say just use that.
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self build
OS
Windows 7 pro x64 SP1
CPU
Intel i7-2600k o/c to 4.6GHz
Motherboard
MSI Z68-GD80
Memory
8GB Mushkin 1866MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2GB
Sound Card
integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
Liyama ProLite 27"
Screen Resolution
1920*1080 px
Hard Drives
Seagate 2TB
PSU
Coolermaster GX 750W
Case
Antec 300 case + 5 fans
Cooling
Dark Rock Pro
Internet Speed
62Mbit down 18Mbit up
Antivirus
MSE
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
Blackgold BGT3650 Quad HD TV card. Also have various 3770 + 4770K render boxes.
If it would boot then you'd still have to find XP drivers for all the hardware which might be impossible. I can find any drivers for Win7 even after being told they aren't available, but I don't think I'd even try for XP. But it depends on how attached you are to it, and how much of a project you want to undertake. We can help you if you want.
Since Kaktussoft compiled the tutorial on Paragon Adaptive REstore CD which we've used here since beta to adjust WIn7 to changed hardware, we should ask him if it might work since it prompts for missing SATA drivers up front. Then it swaps out drivers from the Win7 driverstore, but also will prompt you for key missing drivers to at least get the OS to boot. I don't remember it being used for XP but it was released while XP was still going strong.
Paragon Adaptive Restore™ 2010 includes all tools to make any Win2K system (Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 and Vista/win7/Server 2008) bootable on dissimilar hardware. The product comes as an ISO - image of our new WinPE 3.0 based bootable environment. Supporting the latest hardware configurations, it enables to boot most computers by default, and even if you’ve got some specific hardware aboard, it allows adding drivers for it with minimal effort. And it doesn’t require installation to help you in the process.
I think you have to provide to SATA drivers yourself(?)
My Computer
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ACER ASPIRE 5742G
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz
Motherboard
Acer Aspire 5742G
Memory
4,00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
Sound Card
(1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi
I take it that means you think it might work. I'm familar with the product as I've been using it here since it was released and preserved it's download before you wrote the tutorial.
It will indeed prompt for SATA driver if needed because it can't even begin until it can access the drive. It then may ask for other key drivers but which may not be boot-dependent.
