How Move OS XP from Old to New HD?

[Guest]

Change your boot sequence to the new hard drive (in bios setup), boot in safe mode (F8), with the xp cd loaded, select setup!

 

[Guest]

Nehmo,

I looked at the message string today and hope that your system is back up. I hope that you haven't bought all of the utilities yet (some are fairly complex to use and messy). I've used the MaxBlast software for several drives (including used drives and non-Maxtor drives). It works well.

If you aren't back up with the new drive, replace the drives to the Maxtor setup configuration, then boot from the MaxBlast software. At that point follow the instructions from the Maxtor support site below to clean the drive (low-level format):

"However, you can use utilities such as PowerMax (version 3.3 or newer) or MaxBlast 3 to purge the drive of all data, a corrupted master boot record, a boot block virus, or to clear the drive of any recoverable bad sectors or bad clusters.

To perform a non-factory low-level format using PowerMax please select the Write Disk Pack option.

To perform a non-factory low-level format using MaxBlast 3 please select the Zero-Fill Drive option located under "Utilities".

Note: High capacity drives take longer to complete. Allow sufficient time to complete the test. Several hours to overnight may be needed. A full Low Level Format remains the most effective test for a drive with intermittent problems."

When it's complete, reboot and copy the drive with the Maxtor software following the Maxtor instructions which "I'm Dan" summarized very well.

 

[Peter Ives]

OK, havent gotten around to trying xxclone myself yet,
or that other effect that Larry mentioned, that the order
of the drive numbers as seen in XP can make a difference
to whether a clone without removing the original for the
first boot after clone has been done makes a difference.

Rod, a question for you:

Lets say a user had used Automated Aystem Recovery to backup all files
to a separate disk then replaced his old HD with a new one only to
discover that he was unable to start windows until he had done a repair
install because of WPA problems.

He does the repair install to find that now he's in a situation where
his computer starts, but certain progs/apps don't run properly and all
his startup progs are no longer there, but he is able to get access to
the disk that has the ASR backup on.

Do you think that using the ASR from within windows would restore his
new hard drive to the same state as his previous old one was? Or is it
possible that the WPA error would rear its ugly head during the next
restart?

 

[Guest]

Nehmo,

FWIW, I just recently made the same swap with a 40GB Maxtor HDD and XP Pro SP1 on a Dell 4100. Process went simple for me even though I just used the MaxBlast software. My 4100 supports using cable select jumper settings on drives. I made sure that the new HDD was at the end of the 80 pin IDE cable supplied by Maxtor (making it the cable select Master). Old HDD was attached to the middle connector. Turned on the Dell and it offered to boot from the MaxBlast CD-ROM since no OS was found on the primary IDE master hard drive (the new Maxtor). I told MaxBlast to perform a format to NTFS and set up a single partition C: drive. Once that completed, I used the file copy utility in MaxBlast to transfer all files from old HDD. Transferring 17GB took 2 hours (maybe Ghost or other software does it faster?). But, after that I removed MaxBlast CD-ROM and booted with both drives connected. XP found the "new hardware" of the HDD upon boot-up and also gave me a Send Error message after trying to "digest" that a new HDD was in place (in hindsight I should have just booted with the new HDD first and then re-attached the old one. After sending in the Microsoft error report on the event though, everything has working just fine. No missing files, no BSODs, etc. XP Pro is just as smooth and steady as with the old HDD. Hope your project comes to a successful close. Sounds like you are/were having some real challenges.

 

[Rod Speed]

Rod, a question for you:

Lets say a user had used Automated Aystem Recovery to
backup all files to a separate disk then replaced his old HD with
a new one only to discover that he was unable to start windows
until he had done a repair install because of WPA problems.

He does the repair install to find that now he's in a situation
where his computer starts, but certain progs/apps don't run
properly and all his startup progs are no longer there,

That shouldnt have happened and I'd
concentrate on looking at why that happened.

but he is able to get access to the disk that has the ASR backup on.

Do you think that using the ASR from within windows would restore
his new hard drive to the same state as his previous old one was?

I'd be very surprised if it could do that, tho I havent actually tried it.

Or is it possible that the WPA error would
rear its ugly head during the next restart?

I doubt it. But again, I havent actually tried it.

I dont use versions that need activation myself.

 

[Peter Ives]

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That shouldnt have happened and I'd
concentrate on looking at why that happened.

Probably didn't quite explain that right. All startup references are no
longer there. The programs are still there, but they are no longer run
at startup.

The other one was that Office wanted to reference the cd before it would
work. As for other progs, didn't have enough time to check.

So I don't see that as a major disaster, just one caused by the repair
install of Windows XP.

I'd be very surprised if it could do that, tho I havent actually tried it.


I doubt it. But again, I havent actually tried it.

I dont use versions that need activation myself.

Not my computer. A downstairs neighbour's that I am having a pig of a
time upgrading his HD on, though getting closer. He lends it to me for
a couple of hours, but that's as much as he can spare before he wants it
back.

The WPA error is caused in just the same way as for Nehmo. I've checked
on M$ knowledge base and they say it can happen when upgrading a HD.
I'm trying to figure out how to get around it and have the system work
'exactly' as it did before, in the fewest steps.

 

[Guest]

after copying everything over to your other harddrive you have to set your new one as Primary master in the bios and change the jumpers on the drive so that it's the same than as the bios config. I don't think you can copy xp onto another drive though but what the hell give it a try it's much easier than to reinstall and go throught the registration process again

Hope this info helps

 

[Peter Ives]

Thats only half of what you originally said.

Like I said, I probably didn't explain it well enough. However, one
other thing is that 'all' M$ updates are going to have to be re-
downloaded.

Thats even odder. A repair of XP shouldnt have affected Office.


OK, it would be worth checking tho.

If I can get it back off him for long enough

Where did you initiate that ?

I had to do it by placing CD in drive at boot up. This was how the M$
knowledge base explained it when, after upgrading the HD, you get the
following WPA error:

Windows Product Activation

A problem is preventing windows from accurately checking the license for
this computer

Error Code: 0x80090006

Type that error code into the M$ knowledge base and see what they say.

I'd give him a good kicking and force him
to get his act into gear if it was me |-)

Hehe, yeah he's a real pain in the butt. Is forever chatting 'up' on
line various 'ladies' and, believe me, they don't leave him alone for a
minute, eventually wanting to 'meet' up with him and start something
more serious.

Yeah, it certainly can.


Cant you just reactivate it ?

Well, it wouldn't login to windows at all because of WPA and so I 'had'
to do a repair install. How else was I supposed to get windows started.
BTW this is XP Pro, which I thought doesn't require any kind of product
activation as such. Ie. having to either phone up or login online to
register. Is it because his is an OEM version installed specifically
for that machine? I actually used my XP Pro Cd, but put in his XP
serial number when xp asked for it. It didn't seem to mind.

 

[Nehmo Sergheyev]

- Nehmo -
- Rod Speed -

Yeah, thats the best approach, resolve the
instability problem before trying to clone the drive.

- Nehmo -
Somehow the system isn't turning off anymore. I don't know what I did,
if I did anything. I posted in another NG
http://www.ericseven.com?id=1332 , and Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers
suggested the BIOS battery may be low. Could be. The cold might have had
something to do with it too. Anyway, power management seems to be
working normally now, and I'm ready to try installing the HD again.

- Nehmo -
- Rod Speed -

Yep, that does eliminate one possibility if it finds no errors.

- Nehmo -
I downloaded that but it requires a floppy. Believe it or not, I don't
have one here. I could get one, but I can't wait any longer. I ran the
Windows utility, Check Disk (C drive Properties > Tools tab > Check Now
button), and everything checked out okay.

- Rod Speed -

I'd personally do something about that before doing anything
else. At least write the stuff thats irreplaceable to multiple
CDs, even if I had to run out and buy a burner to do that.

- Nehmo -
I realize caution advocates for a back up, but that would be another
delay.

- Nehmo -
- Rod Speed -

I dont end up in court myself.

- Nehmo -
My current court cases (and they may be briefly described as "traffic")
are an indirect consequence of a much larger civil case which I fought
for five years and lost against Missouri's Division of Family Services.
I'm not going to get started on that, but I want to explain that being
in court isn't really my doing.

- Nehmo -

[when the computer was turning itself off and the processor fan was still running]
I can't turn everything off and
on again by the front button;

- Rod Speed -

What have you told XP to do with
that button ? Thats in Power Options.

- Nehmo -
In Power Options Properties, I have it set to "Shut down". It didn't
have any effect when the system had that problem.

- Nehmo -
- Rod Speed -
- Nehmo -
I bought another $17 (counting tax) one at Office Max, a Bellkin Ultra
ATA Hard Drive Round Cable
http://www.ericseven.com?id=1333
it has the nice feature of "Quick-pull tabs for separating connector and
drive" The old cable is probably still good though.

- Rod Speed -

Yeah, its certainly a more known quantity
since its been around for much longer.

- Nehmo -
- Rod Speed -

Its a bit of a handful. If you dont find it obvious to
use, try Ghost 2003.

- Nehmo -
Correct, I didn't find Ghost Enterprise Edition obvious to use (I
thought it was the Ghost you everybody was talking about). I have it
installed all right, but it comes in five parts: AI Builder; Ghost
Explorer; Ghost boot Wizard; License Auditing Utility; and Multicast
Server. Ghost Boot Wizard seems to be the one I should use, but Help
doesn't really explain how to get a new HD bootable. XXCLONE, on the
other hand, is obvious to use. A pity it didn't work completely. You
can't have everything I'm at this moment downloading a different
Ghost program via eMule CB3C9D282E4254E3C402A9FC57760BDE ; it's titled
Norton Ghost 2003. I hope it's the real thing.

 

[Gary Tait]

- Nehmo -

- Rod Speed -

- Nehmo -
I downloaded that but it requires a floppy. Believe it or not, I don't
have one here. I could get one, but I can't wait any longer. I ran the
Windows utility, Check Disk (C drive Properties > Tools tab > Check Now
button), and everything checked out okay.

No it doesn't, you can do it from a bootable CD somehow.

 

[Rod Speed]

- Nehmo -

- Rod Speed -

- Nehmo -
Somehow the system isn't turning off anymore.
I don't know what I did, if I did anything.

Most likely its just XP. It doesnt like the ACPI
setting being changed behind its back much.

Best to try a clean install of XP with the correct ACPI
setting but thats very dangerous with no real backups
and a system with a known stability problem. I'd normally
do a clean XP install on a spare hard drive in that situation
and see if that makes the stability problem go away.

Guess you could do that with the drive you want to clone to.

I posted in another NG http://www.ericseven.com?id=1332 , and
Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers suggested the BIOS battery may be low. Could be.

I doubt it. Shouldnt produce those symptoms.

The cold might have had something to do with it too.

Yeah, thats possible if you have a hardware problem.

Anyway, power management seems to be working normally now,

And that sort of intermittent instability is
always a damned nuisance to resolve too.

and I'm ready to try installing the HD again.

Dont try anything dangerous to your
data given that you arent backed up.

- Nehmo -

- Rod Speed -

- Nehmo -
I downloaded that but it requires a floppy.
Believe it or not, I don't have one here.

I believe it. Many dont bother with them anymore.

There is also an ISO that you can burn a CD from,
but you obviously need a CD burner to do that.

I could get one, but I can't wait any longer. I ran the
Windows utility, Check Disk (C drive Properties > Tools tab

That doesnt even check memory at all.

- Rod Speed -

- Nehmo -
I realize caution advocates for a back
up, but that would be another delay.

Losing the irreplaceable data will be an even worse delay.

- Nehmo -

[when the computer was turning itself off
and the processor fan was still running]
I can't turn everything off and
on again by the front button;

- Rod Speed -

- Nehmo -
In Power Options Properties, I have it set to "Shut down".
It didn't have any effect when the system had that problem.

- Nehmo -

- Rod Speed -

- Nehmo -
I bought another $17 (counting tax) one at Office Max,
a Bellkin Ultra ATA Hard Drive Round Cable
http://www.ericseven.com?id=1333

Urk, I dont use round cables myself. They flout the ATA standard.

it has the nice feature of "Quick-pull tabs for separating
connector and drive" The old cable is probably still good though.

Maybe. Those ribbon cable connectors basically have
spikes that pierce the insulation and grip the conductor
and they dont necessarily keep doing that reliably
without the outside plastic bit on properly.

- Rod Speed -

- Nehmo -

- Rod Speed -

- Nehmo -
Correct, I didn't find Ghost Enterprise Edition obvious to use
(I thought it was the Ghost you everybody was talking about).

Nar most use whats usually called Ghost Personal or just Ghost 2003.

I have it installed all right, but it comes in five parts: AI Builder;
Ghost Explorer; Ghost boot Wizard; License Auditing Utility; and
Multicast Server. Ghost Boot Wizard seems to be the one I should
use, but Help doesn't really explain how to get a new HD bootable.

Yeah, the documentation is one of the worst around currently.

Ghost 2003 is much better, both with the user interface and the manual.

XXCLONE, on the other hand, is obvious
to use. A pity it didn't work completely.

Going to be interesting to see if that is just due to the system instability.

You can't have everything

Why not ? If I dont get it, I'll chuck a tantrum until I get it |-)

I'm at this moment downloading a different Ghost program
via eMule CB3C9D282E4254E3C402A9FC57760BDE ;
it's titled Norton Ghost 2003. I hope it's the real thing.

Its also in SystemWorks Pro 2003. Got
to be Pro, its not in SystemWorks 2003.

 

[Nehmo Sergheyev]

- Nehmo -
- Rod Speed -

Dont try anything dangerous to your
data given that you arent backed up.

- Nehmo -
I just sent my Outlook contacts to the web space my ISP gives me. That's
somewhat of a precaution. I might start doing it regularly, maybe in a
form that's a bit encrypted.

- Nehmo -
- Rod Speed -
- Nehmo -
- Rod Speed -

I believe it. Many dont bother with them anymore.

There is also an ISO that you can burn a CD from,
but you obviously need a CD burner to do that.

- Nehmo -
I need to get one of those. I suppose that should be the next thing. I'd
like a DVD burner though. I'd have to get one that worked on this 533
system. Or maybe it's time to get a new mother board? I gotta do
something. The world is passing me by.

- Nehmo -
- Rod Speed -

That doesnt even check memory at all.

- Nehmo -
I got a floppy and ran memtest-86, http://www.memtest86.com/ . I think
it just keeps making passes again and again. I ran it for almost two
hours. Everything at that point was okay. I believe it had already gone
through a complete cycle.

- Nehmo -
- Rod Speed -

Urk, I dont use round cables myself. They flout the ATA standard.

- Nehmo -
The package claimed round was an advantage, because of airflow. It also
glows in the dark when illuminated by a UV light. How could I pass that
up? Anyway, it's what I have. It was the only type of ATA cable
available at that Office Max.

- Nehmo -

Nar most use whats usually called Ghost Personal or just Ghost 2003.

- Nehmo -
I now have Norton Ghost 2003 v 2003.789 . It made me uninstall the
Enterprise version before it would install itself. The Copy I got didn't
even ask for a serial number. I registered with my real name and gave an
address and an e-address.

- Rod Speed -

Ghost 2003 is much better, both with the user interface and the

manual.

- Nehmo -
It seems all I need to do is .
Physically install the disk old=master & new=slave (jumper configuration
and position) on the same ATA cable
Format the new HD via right click on My Computer > Manage > etc.
Start Ghost 2003 > Advanced > Clone > follow wizard
Shut down > Change jumper so new=master configuration and change cable
position so that new=master, keep old HD unattached
Start and let the computer boot form the new disk
If everything works at this point, then
Shut down > reattach old disk with slave jumper configuration and slave
position on cable.

That's my plan.

 

[Rod Speed]

I now have Norton Ghost 2003 v 2003.789 .

It seems all I need to do is .
Physically install the disk old=master & new=slave
(jumper configuration and position) on the same ATA cable

That stuff doesnt matter at all, any legal config
is fine, both with which drive is the master and
slave and both drives on different cables too.

Format the new HD via right click on My Computer > Manage > etc.

Thats not necessary either.

Start Ghost 2003 > Advanced > Clone > follow wizard
Shut down > Change jumper so new=master configuration and change
cable position so that new=master, keep old HD unattached

That very last is crucial.

Start and let the computer boot form the new disk

XP should notificy you about new hardware at this point,
the new hard drive, and ask to be allowed to reboot.

If everything works at this point, then
Shut down > reattach old disk with slave jumper
configuration and slave position on cable.

That's my plan.

That'd normally work fine.

You have been dancing on those graves tho...

 

[Guest]

Why all the world here drowns in a cup of water

Mr. Nehmo Sergheyev

Can´t you backup your most important files and perform a clean installation of Widows XP in your new HD
Is not 15GB the size your old HD? Can´t you buy 10 or 20 CD´s and backup all your files with a program like NTI Backup NOW
Did you know that you can damage your new HD (or any other thing in your computer) if you continues plugging and unplugging it

Sorry if my words are a little hard, but you are making a sea of a drop of water, causing that the easy things seem complicated.

 

[Nehmo Sergheyev]

- Nehmo -
- Rod Speed -

That'd normally work fine.

You have been dancing on those graves tho...

- Nehmo -
Now the drive doesn't show up at all. It doesn't show up in that BIOS
screen that pops up before Windows starts, and it doesn't show up
anywhere else either.
I tried replacing the new Belkin round cable with the Maxtor-provided
ATA cable, but still nothing.

Naturally, I made sure the cables were securely attached. I can feel the
motor running so it must be getting power.

The Maxtor literature says with certain BIOS types, you have to set it
to highlight the IDE/HDD hard drives options and press Enter. I don't
see such an option in my BIOS, and anyway, I didn't need to do that the
other times I installed this drive.

Other than not recognizing the new HD, the computer is working fine.

Right now, I'm thinking I should take it back to Best Buy and replace it
with a different brand. It's still under 14 days.

 

[Rod Speed]

Now the drive doesn't show up at all. It doesn't show up
in that BIOS screen that pops up before Windows starts,
and it doesn't show up anywhere else either.

I tried replacing the new Belkin round cable with
the Maxtor-provided ATA cable, but still nothing.

That'd normally be due to either the jumpering being
wrong or no AUTO drive type in the cmos drive table.

The new cable should be a cable select cable,
so just jumper the drives as cable select and
make sure you do have the motherboard end of
the cable plugged into the motherboard connector.

Naturally, I made sure the cables were securely attached.
I can feel the motor running so it must be getting power.

The Maxtor literature says with certain BIOS types, you have
to set it to highlight the IDE/HDD hard drives options and press
Enter. I don't see such an option in my BIOS, and anyway,
I didn't need to do that the other times I installed this drive.

Yeah, the Maxtor documentation does leave quite a bit to be desired.

Other than not recognizing the new HD, the computer is working fine.

Right now, I'm thinking I should take it back to Best Buy
and replace it with a different brand. It's still under 14 days.

It cant be the cable, you're getting the
same effect with two different cables.

 

[Nehmo Sergheyev]

- Nehmo -
- Rod Speed -

That'd normally be due to either the jumpering being
wrong or no AUTO drive type in the cmos drive table.

The new cable should be a cable select cable,
so just jumper the drives as cable select and
make sure you do have the motherboard end of
the cable plugged into the motherboard connector.

- Nehmo -
I took the Maxtor drive back to Best Buy, and with an additional $10, I
replaced it with a Seagate ST380013A-RK, which is also an 80GB but has
larger, 8 MB, cache (rather than the 5 MB of the Maxtor).

DiscWizard is Seagate's copying program.

I followed instructions. They tell you to reconfigure the jumpers and
positions of the drives on the cable, after DiscWizard has copied the
old disk to the new.

http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/howto/use_dw2002.html

"As the Boot drive keeping the old drive in the system
....
2. DiscWizard will now partition, format, and copy all your files from
the old drive to the new one. Additionally a Custom Installation Manual
will be created.
3. DiscWizard will give you an opportunity to print the manual on the
next screen. This manual contains detailed instructions on how to make
the new drive the master and the old drive the slave, follow them
closely. Make your selection and click next to proceed.
4. DiscWizard will now turn off your computer. Make the changes outlined
in the Custom Installation Manual and restart your computer.
5. Your computer will now boot to the new drive. Both drives are ready
for use. "

When I get to step 5, starting up again, I get, "Error loading OS".
I don't see a place in the BIOS to identify where the OS is.
I tried booting with only the new connected (I neglected to do this on
the first boot, but the instructions don't direct you to do that), but
the OS still didn't load. I now have retuned the jumpers cable positions
back to...
Old=master primary
New=salve, secondary
The computer works this way, but the OS is still coming from the old
drive. I sent Seagate an email.

 

[Alex Nichol]

"Copy of an XP system from one volume to another volume as another bootable
XP system."
http://perso.numericable.fr/~gjullien/copy_xp.htm
"Main difficulty:
Each disk has a signature (written on the disk) and each volume has an
identifier (written on the volume, specific to the disk and the volume). The
registry assigns letters to identifiers (at install or when a new disk is
added)."

Well - I'll throw in my recipe - which works, and does not need you to
bother about the identifiers. At most you might get the system coming
up with 'new hardware detected please reboot to bring it into service'
which is where enumeration updates the registry. If you feel the
relevant registry key is getting out of hand with added entries, you can
always delete the values in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\MoutedDevices
and reboot for PnP enumeration to do it over - but I would not bother.

What I use is BootIT NG, from http://www.BootitNG.com ($35 shareware -
30 day full functional trial)

Download, to its own folder, extract from the zip, run the bootitng to
make a boot floppy.

With the new drive plugged in as slave/secondary, boot the floppy,
Cancel Install, entering maintenance, then click on Partition work.
Highlight your C:,Copy, then on left select the new drive (HD1) and
Paste.

Now click on 'View MBR' and in it highlight the entry for this new C
partition and click the 'Set Active' Click 'Write Standard MBR' and
Apply. Also make a check that this partition is in the same place in
the table as it was if you do a View MBR on the old one - if not use the
Up or down to correct it.

Close out, swap the disks to make the new one the one that boots, and
reboot into XP.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

When I get to step 5, starting up again, I get, "Error loading OS".
I don't see a place in the BIOS to identify where the OS is.
I tried booting with only the new connected (I neglected to do this on
the first boot, but the instructions don't direct you to do that), but
the OS still didn't load. I now have retuned the jumpers cable positions
back to...
Old=master primary
New=salve, secondary
The computer works this way, but the OS is still coming from the old
drive. I sent Seagate an email.

The instructions by Seagate were probably written before
Windows XP was around. All you can do now (easily, that is)
is to delete the new partition and do the cloning again, but
shut down and disconnect the old hard drive before booting
up with the new copy. As our beloved R. Speed said, that
hiding of the old OS is *crucial*.

As for changing around the jumpers - that may not really be
necessary unless you move the new HD to the end of the cable
and remove the old HD. With Windows XP, if you re-connect
the old HD, the OS will detect the other OS at some point and
exercise its multi-boot capability, giving you the option of choosing
the old OS or the new OS to boot up each boot time. You can
either use this feature or you can adjust the OS names list in the
OS's boot.ini files (making 2 single-boot systems) and select the
OS to boot by changing the boot sequence list in the BIOS. If you
choose the multi-boot feature, it helps to change the OS names in
the boot.ini files to something like "WinXP old" and WinXP new"
to help you in selecting the right OS to boot up. It also helps to put
a folder on the desktop having a name which indicates which OS is
running or to select a desktop background to indicate that.
Otherwise, you can just delete the partition(s) on the old HD, create
new partition(s), format, and use the old HD as extra storage space.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Rod Speed]

- Nehmo -

- Rod Speed -

- Nehmo -
I took the Maxtor drive back to Best Buy, and with an additional $10, I
replaced it with a Seagate ST380013A-RK, which is also an 80GB but has
larger, 8 MB, cache (rather than the 5 MB of the Maxtor).

DiscWizard is Seagate's copying program.

No point in bothering with that now that you have ghost 2003

I followed instructions. They tell you to reconfigure the jumpers and
positions of the drives on the cable, after DiscWizard has copied the
old disk to the new.

http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/howto/use_dw2002.html

"As the Boot drive keeping the old drive in the system
...
2. DiscWizard will now partition, format, and copy all your files from
the old drive to the new one. Additionally a Custom Installation Manual
will be created.
3. DiscWizard will give you an opportunity to print the manual on the
next screen. This manual contains detailed instructions on how to make
the new drive the master and the old drive the slave, follow them
closely. Make your selection and click next to proceed.
4. DiscWizard will now turn off your computer. Make the changes outlined
in the Custom Installation Manual and restart your computer.
5. Your computer will now boot to the new drive. Both drives are ready
for use. "

When I get to step 5, starting up again, I get, "Error loading OS".
I don't see a place in the BIOS to identify where the OS is.
I tried booting with only the new connected (I neglected to do this on
the first boot, but the instructions don't direct you to do that), but
the OS still didn't load. I now have retuned the jumpers cable positions
back to...
Old=master primary
New=salve, secondary
The computer works this way, but the OS is still coming from the old
drive. I sent Seagate an email.

Start again using ghost 2003