Re: Trouble Installing Cloned HD

Thank you HT - as you can tell, things are not going well.

Let me make a couple of points based on your (much appreciated )
suggestions:

1) I have basically done steps 1 - 4.
2) Regarding your step 5; I have tried several different BIOS settings,
starting with changing nothing after swapping the drives, i.e.; only HD was
the new now internal cloned drive. This system would not boot.
3) About your 'NOTE' :
Point a) Original HD was less than 120 (40g), and was with original XP Home
edition, but with SP2. I just recalled I lost the original HD early on,
including a Dell partition which contained a bunch of diagnostics. The
machine would not work at all when I got it, and after fooling around for
over 30 days, it still wouldn't work and they would no longer help or take
it back, I cleaned house and stated over BAH! The cloning software showed
it had no partitions, however.

Point b) New HD is 320 gig. About upgrading bios, it was my understanding
SP1 and above corrected the 120-137 gig limitation. At various times, the
320 gig drive has shown up properly on Explorer, about 270 gigs after
cloning. I thought that would address whether the BIOS could handle the
larger drive.

About the bios - not sure how to actually verify the new HD is being
recognized by looking in the bios. Also, how can I confirm the 120 BIOS
limitation has been corrected?

Everything else being equal, I may just run your steps 1 - 5 again. I have
a feeling the new drive is properly cloned, just having trouble getting the
system to recognize it. The comp recognized the new drive after the first
cloning - but the System Restore wouldn't work, so I though I'd try it
again. Not a good idea, I guess.

Thanks again
Dave




"Ghostrider" <-00-@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Haz wrote:

The saga continues - but a new thread

Purchased a larger HD to become my main C: boot drive. Ran the clone
procedure, replaced the old HD with the new cloned one (actually I have
done this twice - same result.)

When I try to boot with the cloned drive, I get several screens I don't
want:
1) Big DELL logo
2) "Please select the operating system to start, and it lists 'Windows
(default)' twice - for troubleshooting hit F8"
3) Continues in into Windows startup screen
4) Windows logo with flag - comp hangs here

Any suggestions? I believe I have the BIOS/jumpers set right - but never
sure.

Note: Immediately after cloning the new drive (external USB), and while
the original drive was still in the case, the system booted perfectly,
although obviously on the cloned (USB) drive. If I turned off the
external cloned USB drive, it would not boot (could be BIOS difference
maybe?)

Appreciate any help

Dave
WinXP SP2 Dell 3000 EIDE

Here is a short checklist of things to have been done in order:

1. Install new HD in external USB enclosure, jumpered properly.

2. Power on the computer. Power on the USB enclosure and hook it up
to the USB port in the computer.

3. Run cloning program. Select option to clone entire hard drive to
target HD drive in USB enclosure. Run cloning program to completion.

4. Turn off computer. Open case. Remove original HD. Remove new HD
from USB enclosure, re-jumper accordingly. Install in computer.
Check cable and power connections. Do not run the computer with
both the original and new HD's installed.

5. Turn on computer. Run bios setup to verify that new HD is being
identified. Re-set to Auto-detect, if necessary. Save and exit
bios setup. (The other optional Dell bios settings can be changed
during this stop.)

NOTE: Computer will hang at the Windows logo screen if...(a) Original
hard drive is less than 120 GB and running original Windows XP with no
service pack or (b) New hard drive is greater than 120 GB but bios has
not been upgraded for hard drives greater than 120 GB.

HTH


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