Cloning boot drive from ide to sata

[jimmyjimmyo]

Hi

I was wondering if there was anyway to clone my Vista 64 install from an old ide boot drive to a brand new sata one and then making the sata one boot vista after removing the old ide drive.

Do I need to buy a specific app. or am I stuck using this really slow old ide drive until I redo a full install?

Thanks for any help

[s_kinton]

Acrons True Image 10 should do what your asking.

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You may struggle to boot it without the SATA drivers installed though...

[jimmyjimmyo]

Thanks guys

The sata drive is already installed on the PC so all the drivers should be present already ( I think) so I might have a play around and see what happens, If it all goes tits up I can just reinstall I guess

[bydandie]

Thanks guys

The sata drive is already installed on the PC so all the drivers should be present already ( I think) so I might have a play around and see what happens, If it all goes tits up I can just reinstall I guess

How'd you get on? I found that the PATA MBR caused an issue, and I just reinstalled after disabling the IDE drives in BIOS.

[jimmyjimmyo]

Acronis worked fine but I had to repair the install using the Vista disc before it would boot.

After reading the forums it is a known issue with the software and Vista but it has been fine since