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Hi,

I am Hizamri. I am from Danisco Malaysia.

Currently I am trying to make a Ghost of my SATA HDD. We have Ghost2003. I have already view some comments on the ghost procedure for SATA HDD. But I am not able to make an XP bootable disk that recognize the SATA HDD.

Thank for any help.

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Short expert summary relevant to 's thread: DOS-based boot media (the kind Ghost 2003 commonly builds) will not see SATA controllers running in AHCI/RAID mode because DOS has no AHCI drivers. That is why an "XP boot disk" made the old way often cannot see the SATA drive. There are three reliable approaches that work today and were standard in the XP era.

Recommended approaches (practical, in-order):

  • If the machine allows it and the target OS was installed using IDE/compatibility mode, switch the SATA controller in BIOS to "IDE" or "Compatibility" mode so DOS-based Ghost can access the disk. Do not change this on a system already installed in AHCI unless prepared to recover Windows (changing mode after install can cause a boot failure).

  • Build a Windows-based PE boot environment and run the 32-bit Ghost (Ghost32). Use BartPE/WinPE built from the XP source, add the motherboard/storage controller INF drivers, and include ghost32.exe. Booting a PE image gives full Windows storage-driver support so the SATA disk is visible.

  • If creating a PE image is not possible, consider slipstreaming the correct mass-storage driver into an XP-based rescue CD or use an imaging tool that natively supports AHCI.

Quick checklist before cloning:

  • Verify BIOS sees the drive first.
  • Backup critical data elsewhere.
  • Test the boot media on a spare machine or spare disk.
  • If switching BIOS mode, know how to restore it and expect Windows to refuse to boot unless the proper driver is already installed.

Note: the post by is promotional and not relevant to this technical workflow. ’s reply does not add details.

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