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From: ZalekBloom on 16 Jan 2010 20:12
Hello,

I decided to replace HD in my laptop. It is HP Pavilion DV2000. I need
some kind of adapter to connect it to my desktop (my desktop have SATA
and IDE drives) to clone the old HD to a new one.
It says my disk is SATA Serial - but I see it is not regular SATA
adapter.
Here are pictures of my HD:
http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test1.jpg
http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test3.jpg
http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test4.jpg

Any idea what kind adapter do I need?

Thanks,

Zalek
From: Paul on 16 Jan 2010 21:43
ZalekBloom(a)hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I decided to replace HD in my laptop. It is HP Pavilion DV2000. I need
> some kind of adapter to connect it to my desktop (my desktop have SATA
> and IDE drives) to clone the old HD to a new one.
> It says my disk is SATA Serial - but I see it is not regular SATA
> adapter.
> Here are pictures of my HD:
> http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test1.jpg
> http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test3.jpg
> http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test4.jpg
>
> Any idea what kind adapter do I need?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Zalek

Looks like SATA. Comparing this picture of the MHV2100BH from the
Newegg site, I'd say there is some kind of adapter in place on the
drive you've got there (in your HP-test4.jpg). Maybe it unplugs to
reveal the normal SATA interface ?

http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/22-116-018-S02?$S640W$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822116018

Paul
From: Barry Watzman on 16 Jan 2010 22:07
The DRIVE is a standard SATA drive. However I think you have some kind
of interface adapter present on the drive to mate it to the laptop.
Remove the interface adapter.


ZalekBloom(a)hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I decided to replace HD in my laptop. It is HP Pavilion DV2000. I need
> some kind of adapter to connect it to my desktop (my desktop have SATA
> and IDE drives) to clone the old HD to a new one.
> It says my disk is SATA Serial - but I see it is not regular SATA
> adapter.
> Here are pictures of my HD:
> http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test1.jpg
> http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test3.jpg
> http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test4.jpg
>
> Any idea what kind adapter do I need?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Zalek
From: Roger Mills on 17 Jan 2010 05:34
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
ZalekBloom(a)hotmail.com <ZalekBloom(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I decided to replace HD in my laptop. It is HP Pavilion DV2000. I need
> some kind of adapter to connect it to my desktop (my desktop have SATA
> and IDE drives) to clone the old HD to a new one.
> It says my disk is SATA Serial - but I see it is not regular SATA
> adapter.
> Here are pictures of my HD:
> http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test1.jpg
> http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test3.jpg
> http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test4.jpg
>
> Any idea what kind adapter do I need?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Zalek

Can you not network your laptop and desktop with an ethernet cable?[1] You
can then use Ghost (or equivalent) to make an image of the laptop's old HD
on the desktop - then replace the HD and and clone the image onto the new
one. That's whet I did when I upgraded my laptop's HD.

[You'll need to create a bootable system on a floppy (or other bootable
media recognised by the laptop's BIOS) containing PC-DOS, Ghost.exe and
support for a network connection].

[1] If it's a direct connection, you'll need a crossover cable but it goes
via a hub or wired router, you won't.
--
Cheers,
Roger
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From: BillW50 on 17 Jan 2010 10:14
In news:7rg7dkF6urU1(a)mid.individual.net,
Roger Mills typed on Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:34:30 -0000:
> [You'll need to create a bootable system on a floppy (or other
> bootable media recognised by the laptop's BIOS) containing PC-DOS,
> Ghost.exe and support for a network connection].

What version of Ghost are you running that runs under DOS? As all later
versions runs under Windows or Windows PE (aka BartPE or WinPE) and are
known as Ghost32. Does Ghost for DOS understand NTFS formats?

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3


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