QUOTE(RaiShteliS @ Oct 9 2010, 01:56 PM)

3. bios upgrade to evolutionx m8
Do you mean you've flashed the TSOP with Evox M8?
If so, just get hold of Slayers 2.7, burn it to DVD-R, install the new hard disk, boot with Slayers, then use it to set up the disk.
Once that's done you'll have to reformat the F/G partitions with XBPartitioner 1.0 to set them up, then with XBPartitioner 1.1 to correct the cluster sizes.