Just reinstalled LM8

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jpete

Just reinstalled LM8

Post by jpete »

I had LM8 on my old PATA 80G drive but due to so many problems with getting my wireless card to work, I decided to do a fresh install on a 250G SATA drive I had.

My issue now is, my MB is "quasi" SATA capable. I have SATA on the motherboard, but it's really software driven. As such, I don't have an option in my BIOS to boot from the SATA drive. Unfortunately, this means that if the 80G is plugged in when I turn the computer on, it wants to boot from that and ignores the SATA drive.

I want to copy stuff off the 80G onto the 250G like pictures, Firefox bookmarks, etc.

I tried plugging the 80G in after I booted up with the 250G but it doesn't see the 80G.

Anything I can do?
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mick55

Re: Just reinstalled LM8

Post by mick55 »

Congratulations, your question made my brain hurt. :shock:

If you just want to copy over data, connect both drives and boot to the live CD
and drag and drop from one hard drive to the other.

Good luck
mick
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