REQ: Clone Copy Not Bootable

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Help please.

I tried upgrading to a new hard drive, using Ghost, just to see how it
works.

The machine is a Dell with XP Home version (SP2).

The 'clone' function seemed to work fine. The copy looks complete on
the target drive. I compared the content of source and target, using
Windows Explorer, and they look the same.

But, the new drive is not bootable. The drive is jumper ed right and
the BIOS recognizes the drive. I tried this three times.

This suggests to me that the new drive needs to be made bootable
somehow. (I used that option in Ghost)

Is there a way that I can render the new drive bootable?

Thank you
.

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