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HDD Image Not Bootable.............
Name: new_guy Date: February 8, 2003 at 16:10:39 Pacific OS: WinMe CPU/Ram: 180Mhz/128Mb
Comment:
My HDD image is not bootable after using the Ghost software to copy the old HDD to the new one. A few weeks back I used Ghost to copy the image of a 1.96Gb HDD to a 4.3Gb HDD with no problems. Now I'm trying to copy the image of the 4.3Gb HDD to a 40Gb HDD, but the image doesn't seem to be bootable. It copies all the files over (as it did the first time), but when I put the larger HDD as primary and try to reboot, it goes through the BIOS and then says "Insert bootable media in the appropriate drive_". I can then hit any key and it displays the same message over and over again. Does anyone know what I'm missing here?
Name: new_guy Date: February 8, 2003 at 16:32:00 Pacific
Reply:
Sorry for wasting space with the above. It wouldn't work with the jumper on "MS" (master) and I'm not sure why, but now it's working with the jumper on "CS" (cable select). I'm not sure why it showed the error message with the jumper on "MS", but I'm happy it's working now.
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Response Number 2
Name: Johns Date: February 8, 2003 at 16:32:28 Pacific
Reply:
Boot to a boot disk. run FDISK.
View the partition info. Make sure the partition is set active. If not set it active with fdsik and reboot.
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