Ghosted to new disk - won't boot.

[Tim]

Hi;

This may, or may not, be a w2k problem - apologies if it isn't.


I've got a dinky little shuttle system, running Windows 2000 on a
partitioned hard disk (an 80Gb disk split into a C and a D drive). They're
formatted to NTFS.
The hard disk seems to be on the way out; so I got a similar disk, formatted
it to NTFS, and then got Norton Ghost to clone the C: drive onto the new
disk. It only takes up 3Gb; but it's done nothing funny; the full 80Gb of
the new disk is still there. The plan is to copy the "D:" bits, later.

When I replace the old hard disk, with the new one; the machine hangs; says
there's no system disk. I can't "sys" the new disk - that's not an option;
and besides, Ghost should have done it already, right? If I put the old disk
in as a secondary master, it boots straight to that disk; and the new disk
is visible and useable within windows. But not bootable!

This is the only Windows 2000 PC I've ever had the pleasure of playing with;
and right now, I'd rather have Me - at least I already knew that was c**p
;-(((((

Tim

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi;

This may, or may not, be a w2k problem - apologies if it isn't.


I've got a dinky little shuttle system, running Windows 2000 on a
partitioned hard disk (an 80Gb disk split into a C and a D drive). They're
formatted to NTFS.
The hard disk seems to be on the way out; so I got a similar disk, formatted
it to NTFS, and then got Norton Ghost to clone the C: drive onto the new
disk. It only takes up 3Gb; but it's done nothing funny; the full 80Gb of
the new disk is still there. The plan is to copy the "D:" bits, later.

When I replace the old hard disk, with the new one; the machine hangs; says
there's no system disk. I can't "sys" the new disk - that's not an option;
and besides, Ghost should have done it already, right? If I put the old disk
in as a secondary master, it boots straight to that disk; and the new disk
is visible and useable within windows. But not bootable!

This is the only Windows 2000 PC I've ever had the pleasure of playing with;
and right now, I'd rather have Me - at least I already knew that was c**p
;-(((((

Tim

I suspect you will soon find that Win2000 is far superior and certainly
a lot more stable than WinME.

To restore your booting ability, do this:
- Disconnect your old disk.
- Boot the machine with your Win2000 CD.
- Select "Repair", then "Recovery Console".
- Type these commands:
fixboot
fixmbr

Your machine should now boot normally.

 

[Tim]

Excellent - thanks muchly.

And I'll be honest - a one legged ballerina on a plate of jelly is more
stable than WinME ;-)


Tim

 

[Tim]

Just for general information - that didn't work; but a full reinstall of
win2000 worked okay; after which I ghosted the old partition onto the new
disk; and it worked fine.

Bit of a tangle, but got there in the end.


Tim

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[nesredep egrob]

Just for general information - that didn't work; but a full reinstall of
win2000 worked okay; after which I ghosted the old partition onto the new
disk; and it worked fine.

Bit of a tangle, but got there in the end.


Tim

Please have a quick check see how many users of various kinds you now have. I
have for some time when in trouble formatted my small (7.8GB) C: partition and
re-installed 2000 after which I restored the latest good back-up.
I noticed that the usage of the partition was getting bigger each time as I make
a lot of notes (I have to learn quick as I am now 82 years of age)
I noticed there were a number of Administrators and quite a number of 'Borge'
and each one of those carried the information for each type of user.

I have now deleted all of the spare ones and the machine is still working fine
and I am again back to using just 3,2 GB of the partition. I wonder if that also
happens if you are ghosting.

I am nearly ready to bet that is so as the new installation calls for a new
Admin, User with admin access and additional Users.

If so delete with care.

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