32 to 64 bit ?

[oceancntyguy08005]

Hello,

my win7 64 bit pc died and i need my xp pro 32 bit to read the d drive from win7. Can i just put 64 bit drive into 32 bit pc an 32 bit read it ?

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Yes, but ONLY as a second drive, NOT as a boot drive...

All the best Brett

 

[oceancntyguy08005]

w7 drive is sata, xp is pata in an old 754pin amd board, reboots wont see w7 drive at all. i need the data from w7 drive. How can i make this work ?

 

[dingo07]

You can install something like this - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132014
and attach the drive to it

 

[oceancntyguy08005]

Hi

Yes, but ONLY as a second drive, NOT as a boot drive...

All the best Brett

xp pro, msi 754 pin, 80g pata, 120 sata, 2 sata ports. 320 sata w7 64 bit, the msi board an xp dont see the drive.

 

[dingo07]

what is the model of the motherboard in the computer that still works?

 

[geofelt]

I think I would buy a USB external enclosure something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182154

Install your sata drive in it, and attach to your XP machine via a usb port. All the data should be available to you.

 

[oceancntyguy08005]

msi K8T-Neo , ms-6702 ver:1.0
2 sata's on board
i have 1 orange an 1 red sata cable
tryed both cables in sata port that runs the xp drive
tryed both cables in second sata port
both wd drive were bought at the same time an used in 2 different pc's, 320 ended up in a w7 pc
what am i doing wrong ?

 

[cscpianoman]

Hello,

my win7 64 bit pc died and i need my xp pro 32 bit to read the d drive from win7. Can i just put 64 bit drive into 32 bit pc an 32 bit read it ?

Just grab a liveCD for Ubuntu, mount the drive and transfer to an external drive.

 

[dingo07]

I think the external enclosure is a bit of a waste, since I doubt he wants it to be permanent.

After seeing what mb it is, I suggest getting this - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002

it's USB and has worked wonders for me

 

[geofelt]

It looks like you have sata support via the Promise 20378 Onboard chip.

1) make certain that you have installed the drivers for that chip. They should be on the driver cd that came with your motherboard, or download from the internet.

2) Look in the XP device list and verify that there are no yellow highlights, indicating that the device is not working.

3) In the control panel /administratistrative/computer management/ system tools/ storage/disk management
you may need to enable access to the new drive.

 

[oceancntyguy08005]

Dingo, thank you, its already in my shopping cart.
Geo, my sata 120g can work in either port, drivers are loaded. when i tryed the w7 drive, nothing yellow in device manager, the board an xp just dont see it for some reason.

 

[geofelt]

Dingo, thank you, its already in my shopping cart.
Geo, my sata 120g can work in either port, drivers are loaded. when i tryed the w7 drive, nothing yellow in device manager, the board an xp just dont see it for some reason.

You may need to make it available to XP.
See point 3 above.

 

[oceancntyguy08005]

what do you mean by, enable access to new drive, theres no option for that. I had to play with bios settings for a few reboots to see the sata xp drive again

 

[geofelt]

If you don't see the drive in my computer, then:
In XP control panel/administrative tools/computer management/storage/diskmanagement
you should see all your storage devices.

If you see the new drive, the hardware knows about it, and you may have some options to make it available to xp.

Dumb question... did you connect both the sata and the power cables to the drive?

 

[oceancntyguy08005]

under disk management, theres where xp doesnt see the w7 drive
yup, both sata cable an power were connected.
tried interchanging cables an ports, nadda

 

[geofelt]

I guess you are stuck with an external usb attachment.

 

[duhduh_13]

under disk management, theres where xp doesnt see the w7 drive
yup, both sata cable an power were connected.
tried interchanging cables an ports, nadda

Go to your BIOS and check if it detects the hard drive or not.
Might be bad HDD in the first place.

 

[oceancntyguy08005]

this bios doesnt detect sata drives
the drive was working this weekend
yea, external usb drive
GUYS, thank you all for all your help an time you all put into answering me
have a good one

 

[apache_lives]

perhaps the sata controller is configured to RAID in the bios? and the controller isnt installed?

Then again this is a flakey MSI motherboard and most likely a flakey VIA chipset which may not be sata 2/3 compatible - typical.

Again also agreeing with above it may be the hdd to begin with thats faulty.

Where is your data backup?

 

[oceancntyguy08005]

i found the problem, its a legacy board, at the time the bios only read upto 12x gig drives. It sees my sata 80g, the 120g, but not my 200g or the 320g. CAlled Via an they said its an MSI thing, so i called them, they said too old for a bios update, buy a new board.
Thanks for all your help guys.

 

[magnus71]

you could use an ubuntu cd like cscpianoman and recover the data.

 

[oceancntyguy08005]

Best answer selected by oceancntyguy08005.

 

[oceancntyguy08005]

I think the external enclosure is a bit of a waste, since I doubt he wants it to be permanent.

After seeing what mb it is, I suggest getting this - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002

it's USB and has worked wonders for me

Thank You. You're the only person to put in a link that paid attention to what the w7 drive was an what the mb was. The w7 drive is sata, the board doesnt have any pci xpress slots. The first 2 products wont work. It has usb.

But, IT's a legecy board that can only read upto 12x gig drives.