You will most likely have to upgrade your motherboard to a current Core 2
Duo compatilbe design. (You did not say which motherboard you have.)
WHENEVER you change the motherboard that a harddrive with the OS on it has
been using, then you MUST reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install of
the OS. Otherwise you can look forward to ongoing Registry errors and data
corruption.

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DaveW

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"JakeC" wrote in message
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Hi there!

I would like to upgrade my PC to a Intel Core 2. However, I've found so
far that I may have problems with hard drives that I'm using. Right now I
have two 200GB IDE HD, one CD-RW and one DVD-RW. If the motherboards for
Core 2 only have one IDE/PATA connector and a SATA connector, then what
options do I have to keep my two HDs, CD and DVD drives in the new PC?

I have never used SATA HD, and I would prefer not to re-install the OS and
other programs. Any suggestion would be appreciated.


Thank you!


Jake