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Old April 22nd 04, 10:26 AM
Nom
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Default Require list of IDE controller chipsets

Piotr Makley wrote:
kony wrote:

Since Maxtor doesn't make ATA controller chipsets it's going
to be one of the popular soft-raid controllers, probably
Promise Ultra100 in disguise... and yes, will work with any
drive.



I am interested in IDE controller chipsets because I need to keep
an eye on the model of the controllers for when I change the mobo.

Seems that WinXP gets installed with a driver for only one
particular IDE controller.


Yep. But that doesn't matter, as you should be doing a full reinstall when
changing the Motherboard anyway.

Where can I get a list of controller chipsets used over the last
three years or so?


For what ? As above, the full reinstall required, means it doesn't matter
what drive controller is present.

If you *REALLY* need to move an XP installation to another board, then you
need to be using Microsoft's SysPrep tool. Bear in mind you'll need to grab
an approproate INF file full of drive controller IDs, if you wanna change
drive controllers.


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Old April 23rd 04, 03:19 AM
David B.
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A full reinstall when changing motherboards is not needed or required.

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"Nom" wrote in message ...
Yep. But that doesn't matter, as you should be doing a full reinstall when
changing the Motherboard anyway.

Where can I get a list of controller chipsets used over the last
three years or so?


For what ? As above, the full reinstall required, means it doesn't matter
what drive controller is present.



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Old April 23rd 04, 09:02 AM
Nom
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Piotr Makley wrote:
"Nom" wrote:

Piotr Makley wrote:
kony wrote:

Since Maxtor doesn't make ATA controller chipsets it's going
to be one of the popular soft-raid controllers, probably
Promise Ultra100 in disguise... and yes, will work with any
drive.


I am interested in IDE controller chipsets because I need to
keep an eye on the model of the controllers for when I change
the mobo.

Seems that WinXP gets installed with a driver for only one
particular IDE controller.


Yep. But that doesn't matter, as you should be doing a full
reinstall when changing the Motherboard anyway.


I have found that sometimes that is not necessary. In fact,
sometimes there is almost nothing that needs doing.

No point in doing a full re-install for those times.


It's good practice to.

You may run into problems further down the line, otherwise.

Where can I get a list of controller chipsets used over the
last three years or so?


For what ? As above, the full reinstall required, means it
doesn't matter what drive controller is present.

If you *REALLY* need to move an XP installation to another
board, then you need to be using Microsoft's SysPrep tool.
Bear in mind you'll need to grab an approproate INF file full
of drive controller IDs, if you wanna change drive
controllers.


Thanks for mentioning SYSPREP. I took a look at it
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...ploying/introd
uction.asp

but the info deosn't say anything about it checking for IDE
controller compatability between two systems.


It's an EXCELLENT tool. Do some Googling - you can use it to sort IDE
controller compatability between two systems as long as you grab an INF file
that contains a bunch of controller IDs. Search for Sysprep Inaccessible
Boot Device.


 




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