Re: Ghost (or equivalent) for IDE to SATA


"ComPCs" <newscompcs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've just added a PCI SATA RAID Controller into my system and want to
> Ghost the original C: which is ATA (IDE) over to the SATA drive.
>
> Unfortunately, my 'version' of Ghost seems not to support SATA drives as
> it doesn't see the drive when I reboot into PC DOS (Ghosts' OS)
>
> I'm happy to purchase a 'ghosting' program so that I can transfer my
> current IDE ATA over to a SATA drive .... failing that, it's a re-
> install of the whole lot, which I don't want to do.
>
> Any ideas ... which version of Ghost, or alternative?

Acronis trueimage works with my SATA, IDE, SCSI and USB drives, a far
superior program to GHOST in my opinion.

MJP


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