Harry Palms said:
I am ready to install a larger drive in a box I built, but want to use it
to replace my current drive. I don't have enough ventilation to safely run
a second drive. I am planning on using Norton Ghost to clone the current
drive to the new one, but how do I make the new one bootable? I have
already done a format on it, using WD Lifeguard tools. How do you add boot
blocks?
Hello Harry
Firstly you did not need to use anything to format the drive as that was a
waste of time.
This is all you need to do:
1. Install the new second disk as a slave drive and set your existing disk
as a master disk.
2. I assume you have a Ghost DOS boot disk. If not make one using Ghost in
XP.
3. Check that your BIOS is set to boot from FLOPPY as the first device.
4. In Ghost simply select copy disk to disk. This is a little cryptic when
you use it but basically if you are happy with one partition then just make
sure you select the CORRECT source and destination dikes and copy.
5. VERY IMPORTANT - DO NOT REBOOT. Exit Ghost back to the DOS prompt. TURN
OFF the computer and remove your old drive. Install your new drive as a
single drive.
6. Check that all of your cables are tightly plugged in. You might want to
set your BIOS back to booting from hard disk instead of floppy.
7. Switch it on and you should have exactly the same Windows XP as you had
before.
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Mark