IDE to SATA with Gparted??

Yes it recognizes the drive..
I haven't reset CMOS yet, is that in the BIOS setup?
My windows cd is legit for Xp sp1.. (updated to Sp2 on my old disk that I am having trouble booting..)
There's no visable damage on the disk that I know of.. It worked a few months ago when I had to repair windows on my wifes pc..
 
Once you added the ide drive in to copy the primary from it that automatically became the default boot device if there was no other ide hard drive and only sata. mep916's mention of this was correct but lacked one thing namely that ide will always override sata controllers.

When in the bios>boot order section highlight the hard drives item and press the enter key. That should bring up the list of hard drives currently installed. The plus and minus keys on the Numpad are used to move the selected drive or device to the top of the list seen there. Once you OS drive is on top simply choose the exit and save changes option when leaving the bios.

The recovery console reached by pressing the R option when booting with the XP installation disk will bring you to the command prompt there where you first select the correct and only installation of Windows to log onto. If XP doesn't load up once the correct is set as default then you enter the "Fixboot" and "Fixmbr" commands when at the recovery console to see the new boot information written. It goes quickly since once you restart XP should then load right up.
 
haven't reset CMOS yet, is that in the BIOS setup?
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Check your MoBo's manual for exact details, but it involves setting the MoBo jumper a certain way for a few seconds or unplugging the PSU and removing the MoBo battery. It will wipe any previous settings, detections, etc from BIOS and give you a default system.

The recovery console reached by pressing the R option when booting with the XP installation disk will bring you to the command prompt there where you first select the correct and only installation of Windows to log onto.
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He already mentioned he cannot get to that point. And so it starts anew...

Anyway, jbr, can you post the exact error message you're getting? Also, did your new HDD come with a driver CD? It's possible that the Windows Setup disk is getting stumped by it halfway through. At the very beginning, right after you boot to the CD, before anything from the Setup disk starts to load, there is a prompt asking about third-party drivers. If you press...F6(?) at the prompt, you can swap out CDs and load the actual drivers for your new HDD.

I'd also make certain your BIOS is updated.
 
Simply switching the breaker off on the supply and unplugging the ac cord is enough. Most newer only require popping the battery out of the holder for about 30 seconds to see the cmos information cleared. After replacing it and starting up again the first thing that will come up is the first screen of the bios setup for setting time and date.

One question here would be the type of drive XP was installed onto sata or ide. I suspect that's an ide model as well as the 40gb since you mentioned that the XP/SP1 disk easily recognises the drive being there. You later added the new 500gb model in likely sata since you slaved the 40gb in to see the primary copied over.
 
My hdd didn't come with a driver cd...

"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer.
If this screen appears again follow these steps:

Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated.

Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.

Technical Information :

*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78D2524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
"

And that's the blue screen of death that I've been dealing with for like 13+ hours...:(
 
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You have XP installed on the SATA drive, right? Did you have to install SATA controller drivers before the installation? If so, you should try to load those drivers using the "F6" command when booting with the XP installation CD.
 
Sounds like the mbr needs a rewrite as well as starting up the chkdsk utiliity while at the recovery console. The question here was XP installed onto a sata or ide type drive? If you are trying to boot from the 500gb drive you just installed and copied the primary to from the old drive it won't work.

On a totally new system the host OS drive needs to see a brand new primary with a clean install of Windows in order to see XP go on with the help of a driver disk if needed. The copy of Windows from the old system simply won't work on the new one if that is the only drive you have installed.

Your original question was concerning copying the entire partition in order to see all files copied to a new drive not boot up with it. That simply allows you to copy whatever files you want to keep onto a freshly made partition in order to see that removed if you were running Windows on a separate drive.
 
Even if I wanted to freshly install Windows XP I am faced with the same "blue screen".. as it keeps stopping on that error I've posted, and that's when I am running the Windows XP installation CD, so what do I do now? :(

Sounds like you're basically saying I've wasted my time following advice on here as it's impossible to successfully clone an IDE to SATA drive and have it work, so are you telling me I have to buy another IDE drive just to be successful?:mad:
 
No one said it's impossible to clone an IDE drive to a SATA drive. In fact, it appears as though you've done that successfully. Answer the question in my previous post. :)
 
No, I didn't have to install them.. I tried using f6 and loaded drivers I found online, and it didn't make a difference in the error I received..

Windows and everything was working perfectly fine on my IDE drive, and I feel I cloned it successfully to the SATA drive, it just won't boot, and when I boot from CD for the windows to try that, I just get that dam blue screen of death...

Seems like I'll just have to sell the parts on ebay and just go back to my old tower of crap, cause I can't seem to find anything that works, I feel like I've tried everything out there.. I mean I know I probably haven't but it feels that way..

Who knew it would be so hard to build a new pc, transfer your existing windows and files from an IDE to SATA and just getting the darn thing to boot into windows? :(
 
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Sounds like the mbr needs a rewrite as well as starting up the chkdsk utiliity while at the recovery console.
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PC, I'm not sure how many times this needs mentioning, but obviously more than the two (now three) it has already: "When the CD boots, I get the usual Windows Setup blue screen, the it starts loading all the stuff, then it stops on the error I posted above, and I can't bypass it.."

Translation: He is unable to access the recovery utilities on the CD. The third time's a charm - maybe it will sink in. Please feel free to post a random useless-screenshot in a vain attempt to contradict.

On a totally new system the host OS drive needs to see a brand new primary with a clean install of Windows in order to see XP go on with the help of a driver disk if needed.
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No...it doesn't...

The copy of Windows from the old system simply won't work on the new one if that is the only drive you have installed.
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Provided everything was done the right way, yes...it will... Certain drivers may need to be installed, but it will work.

JBR, the best advice most of us on these Forums will be able to offer is stop listening to PC's advice (do a search and see some of his other Posts), or get up to 100 Posts so those of us who can actually assist in proper troubleshooting and can actually help can PM you:)

In the time being, forget pretty much everything you've 'learned' from PC and start fresh. As much as I love the program, ditch Gparted for this; give Clonezilla (free) a shot and start over from Step 1.
 
jbrdbr111x said:
Ok, got everything up and running... I wasn't sure what size partition to creat on a 500gb disk, so I made it around 96gb...

I went to copy from my other disk, the partition was 10.15gb.. It said everything copied ok, but when I remove the old hard drive, and re-boot, I just get a blank screen after bios finishes...

What did I miss? I just want to copy everything from my old rive to the new one, Windows, files, everything..
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No, I didn't have to install them.. I tried using f6 and loaded drivers I found online, and it didn't make a difference in the error I received..

Windows and everything was working perfectly fine on my IDE drive, and I feel I cloned it successfully to the SATA drive, it just won't boot, and when I boot from CD for the windows to try that, I just get that dam blue screen of death...

Seems like I'll just have to sell the parts on ebay and just go back to my old tower of crap, cause I can't seem to find anything that works, I feel like I've tried everything out there.. I mean I know I probably haven't but it feels that way..

Who knew it would be so hard to build a new pc, transfer your existing windows and files from an IDE to SATA and just getting the darn thing to boot into windows? :(
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You copied everything successfully. But like mentioned earlier GParted would copy "not clone" any partition. Cloning is done on the same system or identical when swapping drives not for seeing results on a totally new build.

For constant blue screens when booting up with the XP installation disk that could point at bad or incompatible memory as well as a bad lazer on a new optical drive being used. The original impression on this was that you were interested in saving all files and settings, personal data, etc. not expect a working copy of Windows on a totally different build.

Unlike Linux and the old Fat based versions that's a major, major hardware change where a clean install on a fresh primary is still going to be needed to see working results. The idea of copying an entire partition was simply to save anything wanted off of the old drive. GParted seems a little faster then the file and settinfs transfer wizard in XP. At least VIsta now sees a scheduler for regular backups.
 
Thanks for the CloneZilla software, I got it to clone, but my power went out 98% through.. I can boot into windows, but at the moment I am using my old drive to install everything, so that I can re-clone to my other disk with better results..

Gparted sucks, that was my problem to begin with... I wasted many days stressing something else was wrong when it just didn't clone it right..

Oh and PC, you do not need a fresh install, it worked for me, would have been 100% if my power hadn't gone out..

At this point any progress is good progress..lol.. I'm using the new pc right now!! Thanks again imsati !!
 
Most welcome. That sucks about the power outage - it's always something, eh?:mad: Glad things are in the process of working out:) if you need anything else, be sure to post up.
 
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