New hard drive does not boot

[Guest]

I am trying to replace a smaller "c" drive with a larger faster one
old 80 gb 5400 rpm new 120gb 7200 rpm 8 mb cahe

I installed new drive as secondary master used ghost 9.0 to "clone drive"
reported as succesfull but when I switched them system would not boot stopped
at blue windows screen with a small logo but no log on info when I
partitioned and formated it I used letter "e" I thought mabye It might have
to be "c" but disk manager would not let me change the existing "c" to a
different letter to free up "c"

I did this before in win 98 but now in xp it does not work

any clues will be helpful

thanks Glen

 

[Guest]

so the new 120 gig HDD is now Primary Master and jumper is set as master?
Has old HDD been removed from computer?

 

[Guest]

Not physicaly I disconneted it form the system when I tryed to boot from the
new one but had to go back to the old one to get up and running

glen

 

[Guest]

so the new 120 gig HDD is now Primary Master and jumper is set as master?

 

[Guest]

Yes when i tryed to use it but since it will not boot I had to go back to the
old one

 

[Guest]

is there anything precious on this new drive?

Maybe start over with 120 gig as pri master and install windows with Win XP
cd.

 

[Michael Dawson]

Sounds like Windows is expecting to boot off different hardware. There
is a tool on the Windows XP CD which allows you to strip the install of
all machine specific settings, so it effectively thinks its just being
installed and searches for new drivers for all hardware. Look here:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prbc_cai_vnve.asp

 

[Guest]

put the 120 gig back in computer as secondary master.
make sure jumpers still set for master.

set computer bios to boot first from HD(1) ie secondary master.
What happens?

 

[deebs]

put the 120 gig back in computer as secondary master.
make sure jumpers still set for master.

set computer bios to boot first from HD(1) ie secondary master.
What happens?


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Sorry, I haven't read all the history on this one but at this point i'd
have to intervene and say: go see a qualified computer technician.

While it is not impossible to secure the required skills maybe a best
solution is to visit your local computer shop and delegate the tasks.

Computers aren't incredibly easy, nor are they incredibly difficult but
should IMO such problems escalate it really is better to secure the
services of a suitable technician