moved to larger hd on thinkpad, but getting flashing cursor?

[Les Caudle]

I used Acronis to backup a 40GB drive and then restored to a 70GB drive.

I verified that the new partition is the active partition.

However, I'm just getting a flashing cursor.

What trick am I missing to perform a simple task like this. IBM is of no help,
of course.

 

[Galen]

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I used Acronis to backup a 40GB drive and then restored to a 70GB drive.

I verified that the new partition is the active partition.

However, I'm just getting a flashing cursor.

What trick am I missing to perform a simple task like this. IBM is of no
help,
of course.

You may have to do a repair installation.

Repair Installation of XP:
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/xprepair.html

You could also try this first:

Repairing a Multi-Boot:
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/repair_multi-boot.html

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[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I used Acronis to backup a 40GB drive and then restored to a 70GB drive.

I verified that the new partition is the active partition.

However, I'm just getting a flashing cursor.

What trick am I missing to perform a simple task like this. IBM is of no
help,
of course.

This type of problem is far outside the scope of IBM responsibility, so I'm
not surprised that they refused to assist. Furthermore, the task of cloning
a disk is by no means simple, even though the Acronis people do their best
to take the edge off it.

The cause of this issue is most likely an incorrect CHS geometry setting of
your hard disk. You most likely need to restore the image onto a "Large"
disk but your current setting is probably "LBA". Unfortunately most Thinkpad
BIOSs do not give you the option of choosing this setting. You will have to
perform the restoration on a desktop PC where you can select either of the
three possible modes, then put the disk back into the laptop.

As I said, simple it ain't.