Re: re boot problem after replacing hard drive

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This is getting a little confusing. Initially you gave the impression
that you ***added*** a disk to your PC. Now you say that
you are ***replacing*** your original disk. That's a huge
difference!

A good starting point would be to describe exactly how you
transferred the operating system from the old disk to the new
disk. So far your posts contain no details whatsoever about
the process you used.


"mikec" <mikec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:70962C64-2816-4F34-9FF0-3A86CDFB117B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Pegasus,
>
> Thank you for getting back to me.
>
> I did a straight swap, took the old disc out and fitted the new one in its
> place. The old one works okay but is a little small.
>
> I only wanted to increase my storage but unles I wanted to remove my DVD
or
> CD drives there was no where else to fit the drive. So I decided to fit
the
> new drive as my main drive.
>
> So to answer your question when I do not disconnect my new drive as such,
I
> swap t over.
>
> mikec
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "mikec" <mikec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:5C0DBD13-9A3D-442A-A3D3-813A32DFB4E8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > I am looking for any help with the following problem. I recently
bought
> > a
> > > new hard drive. I fitted it, and used a cd from the manufacturers to
> > format
> > > it. My PC recognised it and I reloaded all my embedded software on to
the
> > > new drive.
> > >
> > > The OC seemed to work normally until I tried to restart and I received
the
> > > following message on restarting my PC.
> > >
> > > unmountable boot drive:
> > >
> > > this was on a blue screen with white writing. The was firther text
> > stating
> > > that if I had changed any software or hardware to try again or remove
it.
> > >
> > > My system is a
> > > packard bell i media 5096
> > > intel pentium 4 2. 66 Ghz
> > >
> > > The new drive appears to be working properly but will not re boot.
> > >
> > > Can any one help please or point me in the direction of someone who
can?
> > >
> > > Thank you for taking the time to read this
> >
> > I assume that you left your system disk intact. The immediate
> > question then is: What happens when you disconnect the new
> > disk?
> >
> >
> >


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