SATA file transfer
 

I just built a new PC and want to move some files from my old WinXP SATA HDD to my new SATA HDD but my new XP install sees the old drive as a removable E drive. The CMOS recognizes the old drive in SATA2.

How do I fix this?

Drive letters in Windows are assigned by bus position and then partition. But, if you are just copying files from one drive to the other, then it doesn't matter what drive letter it assigns it. If you really want to change it, you need to go to disk management (right click my computer, select manage, then pick disk management).

Of course, real geeks just put it under /mnt somewhere handy.

Thanks for the reply. I think gave some bad info at first. Turns out it was my new card reader that was the E:

In disk management, the new HDD is labeled as: Disc0, basic, C:, 700GB, NTFS, online, healthy(system).

The old drive is actually: Disc1, basic, 80GB, online, unallocated. I can't see the old drive in Explorer. Does it have to be mounted or mapped or partitioned or what? It has a partition with XP on it already.

I have the BIOS sata operation config set to IDE instead of RAID or AHCI - does that matter?

Thanks for not mocking me too badly.