Re: Trouble Installing Cloned HD
- From: "Haz" <a_burkhardt@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:44:58 -0500
Thanks - I'm beginning to see a light -
As I mentioned, the original HD was wiped and the operating system
reinstalled from scratch. Does that mean there is no Master Boot Record on
my original HD, and because the clone just copies the HD, there is no MBR on
the clone either?
Dave (on another comp)
"GHalleck" <ghalleck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Haz wrote:
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
As you know, there is a significant difference between hardware and
the [Windows] operating system. The bios factors into the equation
insofar as the location of the boot tracks. I think where GRider is
going concerns the physical setup of the first 1,024 cylinders of a
hard drive. In cloning from a small HD (40 GB) to a really large one
(320 GB), the sector-by-sector transfer of the boot track and the
location of the MBR can be misread if LBA or the appropriate bios
HD table does not exist.
OTOH, the bios and Windows will properly identify the new HD due to
its DMTF information in its ID chip.
If all else fails, clone to the first 120 GB of the new hard drive
and partition the remainder as extended, logical drive(s).
.
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