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Win2K + ABIT KT7-RAID ?
Hi ...
I've been a proud owner of a Abit BH6/Celeron 450A since Jan. 99 ... And I think it's time to upgrade.
I've got a dual-boot configuration with Win2K and WinME
I'm going to buy the new ABIT KT7-RAID board and a Thunderbird 900 .. well anyway, the Abit has a Highpoint UDMA/100 IDE controller and I was wondering what would happen after I swap the mobo/CPU ... I know that in order to use WinNT on a Abit BP6, which also had a highpoint controller, you had to supply a driver during the installation process.
Will my Win2K autodetect this new controller, or do I have to install again ?
I've been a proud owner of a Abit BH6/Celeron 450A since Jan. 99 ... And I think it's time to upgrade.
I've got a dual-boot configuration with Win2K and WinME
I'm going to buy the new ABIT KT7-RAID board and a Thunderbird 900 .. well anyway, the Abit has a Highpoint UDMA/100 IDE controller and I was wondering what would happen after I swap the mobo/CPU ... I know that in order to use WinNT on a Abit BP6, which also had a highpoint controller, you had to supply a driver during the installation process.
Will my Win2K autodetect this new controller, or do I have to install again ?
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Thanks guys .... this is all the information I need ... I think ...
I think I'll just have to try this and see what happens. I also posted this question on the Anandtech forum and someone told me that if I planned on using the ATA/100 RAID controller, I would have to install again ... but If I just plug the drive into the regular IDE controller of the board, I would probably not have any incompatibility problems.
Even though I might have to re-install ... c'mon It's not the end of the world ...
.... if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger ! :)
I think I'll just have to try this and see what happens. I also posted this question on the Anandtech forum and someone told me that if I planned on using the ATA/100 RAID controller, I would have to install again ... but If I just plug the drive into the regular IDE controller of the board, I would probably not have any incompatibility problems.
Even though I might have to re-install ... c'mon It's not the end of the world ...
.... if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger ! :)
For your information, I had a Celeron 400 on an Abit motherboard (forget the model), and I tried to swap straight to an Abit KA7 with Athlon onboard. Bluescreened with INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE, and could not be repaired whatever I tried; fortunately I'd backed up beforehand!