If it just won't boot the OS, you are going to have to fix the driver problem, and that will depend on the version what you can do.
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Blake Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote: > When you say won't boot, are we talking seeing the drive, or booting into > the OS? > > I know windows for example *hates* motherboard changes. > > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Chris McQuistion <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> First, good luck getting this to work. >> Second, try going into the BIOS and setting the SATA ports to operate in >> "IDE" mode or "Legacy" mode or something. By default, many BIOS' will run >> the SATA ports in AHCI mode and this will goof up the booting of a system >> expecting to be running in IDE mode. >> >> Chris >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yep, the old one went toast, I purchased a reasonable upgrade frim >>> tigerdirect. My issue is, it won't boot the old system. >>> >>> The old system was PATA, and the new is SATA, but I purchased some >>> 'reasonable' IDE-PATA/SATA bridge hardware that seems to be working. >>> >>> It just won't boot. >>> >>> I know, the best idea is to reformat and start over, but that is not >>> politically popular, so I am trying to find a reasonable workaround. >>> >>> TIA >>> ><> ... Jack >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
