Moving XP to RAID array - driver question
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From: Boo on 5 May 2008 16:18 Hi, I have a PC setup with a single hard drive and I want to use Partition Magic to move it to a RAID array in a new PC I'm building. The new PC will have a different chipset and also an IC9R based RAID5 array. Obviously my existing XP installation doesn't have drivers loaded for either of these so my question is : Is there any way of installing the RAID and chipset drivers into my existing installation prior to moving the partition over so that the XP installation will find the required RAID and chipset drivers when it starts up ? Thanks, Boo
From: Thomas Wendell on 5 May 2008 19:00
"Boo" <reply_to_group_not_me(a)spam_me_no_spam.net> kirjoitti viestiss�:fvnq2f$65v$1$8302bc10(a)news.demon.co.uk... > Hi, > > I have a PC setup with a single hard drive and I want to use Partition > Magic to move it to a RAID array in a new PC I'm building. The new PC > will have a different chipset and also an IC9R based RAID5 array. > Obviously my existing XP installation doesn't have drivers loaded for > either of these so my question is : > > Is there any way of installing the RAID and chipset drivers into my > existing installation prior to moving the partition over so that the XP > installation will find the required RAID and chipset drivers when it > starts up ? > > Thanks, > > Boo I don't think it's possible, at the very least you should have to do a "Repair Install" (at which point you can add RAID-drivers), after which you have to install chipset drivers, graphics drivers etc. and do the full WinUpdate round... http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm -- Tumppi ================================= A lot learned from these newsgroups Helsinki, FINLAND (translations from/to FI not always accurate ================================= |