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Ollie Stench
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 Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:44 am Post subject: I just bought a new computer |
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I bought one of these from General Nano:
http://nanosys1.com/sys-h220.html
and upgraded the processor to this:
http://nanosys1.com/cpu-int-dc-e5300.html
I have a couple of questions:
1) The new box takes SATA drives, my old one took IDE. Can I drop the IDE drive(s) into the SATA box? Something is telling me "no".
B) IF I can drop the IDE drives in there, my old C drive has a bunch of apps on it as well as Windows XP SP3. The new computer has Windows XP SP3 on it as well. GNS was able to transfer the windows authorization, so essentially its running the exact same copy of XP. Again, IF I can drop the old IDE in there is there a way to use the apps but bypass the old Windows?
6) Assuming I can't just drop the IDE drives into the new box, will external USB enclosures work well enough? |
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MeanSkinhead
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:29 pm Post subject: Re: I just bought a new computer |
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No, not without a PATA to SATA converter.
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B) IF I can drop the IDE drives in there, my old C drive has a bunch of apps on it as well as Windows XP SP3. The new computer has Windows XP SP3 on it as well. GNS was able to transfer the windows authorization, so essentially its running the exact same copy of XP. Again, IF I can drop the old IDE in there is there a way to use the apps but bypass the old Windows? |
Probably. The apps will be looking for stuff on the old drive even if that stuff isn't on the drive the system has booted off from. If the app needs something loaded into memory at boot, then things might get a little tricky.
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6) Assuming I can't just drop the IDE drives into the new box, will external USB enclosures work well enough? |
Again, the apps should run unless they need something loaded into memory at boot time. Most modern apps don't need this unless they need real-time access to the kernel. I have a sound editing program on my GNU/Linux laptop that does this.
If things get wonky, give me a call when you have time. If you don't have my number, look under the table in the far booth of Grumpys NE. I am usually passed out under there. |
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Ollie Stench
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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cool, thanks. I had an ancient IDE enclosure and I was able to drop my old C drive in there. Photoshop ran from it, my synth/sequencing app did not.
Here's another (probably) simple question... I tried to drop a year old dual layer DVD burner into the new box but the connectors in the new box are weird. I assume that in addition to the hard drives the optical drives need to be SATA as well? |
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MeanSkinhead
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 7:04 am Post subject: |
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| It depends. Some motherboard retain the IDE-type interfaces for optical drives. Some of them don't. It looks like the one you bought has SATA for the optical drive. Again, you can buy an adaptor for this but SATA optical drives start pretty cheap. Prolly cheaper than the adator. |
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Ollie Stench
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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I got a USB enclosure for the HD and a litescribe dual layer dvd re-writer for $50 from Micro Center. The IDE/SATA adapters started at $39 for one port.
SATA HDs are really cheap too, so I may get one just because. |
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