Re: New HDD Installation

How is this done? Once it is connected it requests a boot disk at start-up.
Thanks for any help you can provide.

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

The new disk needs a boot sector.
If you just copied the partition, you didn't get the boot sector.

You can run fixmbr and fixboot.
--
Ronald Sommer

"JohnH" <JohnH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F3F46E78-948E-48A0-9DFB-DA6D37C8AEA6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
:I used the HDD Installation Tool software to copy the partition from the
old
: drive to the new, I guess that would be a clone. The transfer seemed
: uneventful and removal of the old drive was done. It seems to be asking
for
: a boot disk upon reboot once the old drive is removed. Can the Windows ME
: restore disk be used? Can the Windows XP w/SP2 upgrade be used? Anymore
: advice would be greatly appreciated.
:
: "Rich Barry" wrote:
:
: > John, you may have a setting in the Bios for that Maxtor Card. In
there
: > will give you the ability to select the boot disk.
: > How did you copy the old drive to the new? Did you image it or clone
it?
: > "JohnH" <JohnH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
: > news:50BF24E1-58E0-455B-8496-9DDC82D2089B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > >I bought a Western Digital 160GB Caviar SE EIDE Drive. My motherboard
is
: > > older so I was instructed to add a Maxtor SATO/150 PCI Card so the
full
: > > capacity of the HDD would be detected. I connected it and copied the
old
: > > drive over to it. After completion I was instructed to disconnect the
old
: > > and put the new in it's place. Upon restart it ask for a boot disk to
be
: > > installed. When I bought the system it had Windows ME on it and I do
not
: > > have a software disk but I was given a restore disk. I later upgraded
to
: > > Windows XP w/ SP2. Can I use the restore disk or the Windows XP
upgrade
: > > disk
: > > as the boot disc. The support from Western Digital states that it may
: > > need
: > > to be done and some not, so I am confused as to how to make this as
quick
: > > and
: > > painless as posible. I also would like to know if disabling the the
: > > primary
: > > IDE off the motherboard in the CMOS would help too.
: >
: >
: >


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