RE: Can't copy OS from Western Digital to Seagate....HELP!
From: William Tait (Tait_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/29/04
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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:27:05 -0800
I have a similar problem but Western digital to Maxtor. I have a western
digital 160 GB primary master drive and It has the western digital "on track"
software with windows XP installed afterwards.
All data was installed without the 137 GB limit fix. I want to install the
fix but it seems I need to install the western digial fix before installing
XP and all the other software.
So I tried to ghost 2002 everything to a maxtor 40gb disk using the norton
boot disk approach. In my case the copy seemed to go fine but whenever I
install the maxtor 40 gb drive as the sole master it says "problem with OS"
and the computer does not boot. -- I know it is not the drive and i am
guessing the bios is okay because I used the 40 gb drive just a few days ago
as the sole master on the same computer in a windows 98 environment and it
worked fine.
My first question is what am I doing wrong. The norton ghost 2002 seems to
work without a hitch -- it took only 12 minutes to run -- but the maxtor, --
I have put the jumper as master --, (model 5T040H4) doesnt run. Any ideas??
The Western digital still works fine -- but without the fix -- when i go back
to it.
My second question, am I correct to assume that the 137gb limit fix (either
maxtor software fix or wester digital software version) must go on before the
operating system and my other program software. Does this mean i have to go
back to the start with windows XP pre service pack 1 and re-obtain all the
service packs and updates( probably several days of work) ???
My third question, if ghost 2002 won't work, is there a way to burn backup
CDs so I dont have to go back to square one installing everthing, getting
updates, registering everthing. Can the CDs work on both drives.
Anything that can save me a lot of tedious work will be greatly appreciated.
"Tom" wrote:
> Have an old 60gb Western Digital with one partition that I want
> to copy to Seagate 120gb exact copy.
>
> Everything I use to copy either locks up or does not copy ntldr,
> ntdetect, and pagefile.
>
> XP Pro Sp2
>
> WD is primary master, Seagate is primary slave
>
> Tried, Seagate discwizard, Ghost 2003, no luck.........help!
>
>
> Kindest Regards from a tech with 15 yrs windows experience
> fixing, repairing, etc.
>
>
>
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