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Hello all,

Thank you in advance for the assistance. I posted this elsewhere prior to
seeing this section. Sorry about that. I am currently going insane as I have
a soon to be dead WD 120 GB HD and I received a replacement one from WD. Now
before I send the defective one back to WD, I am transferring all my info
from the old to the new drive. I partitioned the drive in the same size and
amounts as the original and used Norton Ghost 2003 to individually clone each
partition onto the new drive. Everything in that dept is perfect. Now I tried
cloning the OS partition and it will not work…well the cloning works but the
drive will not boot up. So np, I will do a fresh install. So I put my new 120
as the master and my 80 GB as the slave. I load up the XP Pro CD and when it
shows me the drives, it sees the partitions and they are all labeled and
perfect except right above that, it tells me the 120 is an “unknown drive�??
I have the drive set as a basic disc with C: being active but after I format
and install the necessary XP Pro files and the system reboots to start
installing XP, I get a message “Error Loading OS�? Anyone know why this is
happening? I have the BIOS set up to “master boot device HDD 0� and it should
detect the installed XP that was just put on there and start up the 30 min
install but it just keeps giving me that message?! Of course when I put my
old drive as the master and the new one as a slave, it boots up off my old
one fine. Both the new and old are set as basic disc’s and are identical in
every regard but why the PC will not boot up off the new disc with the fresh
XP install (and my WD 80 as the slave-which it always is) is a mystery to
me!? Any clues before my head explodes? Cheers!

CHOUT

 

[Glenn]

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CHOUT wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Thank you in advance for the assistance. I posted this elsewhere prior to
> seeing this section. Sorry about that. I am currently going insane as I have
> a soon to be dead WD 120 GB HD and I received a replacement one from WD. Now
> before I send the defective one back to WD, I am transferring all my info
> from the old to the new drive. I partitioned the drive in the same size and
> amounts as the original and used Norton Ghost 2003 to individually clone each
> partition onto the new drive. Everything in that dept is perfect. Now I tried
> cloning the OS partition and it will not work…well the cloning works but the
> drive will not boot up. So np, I will do a fresh install. So I put my new 120
> as the master and my 80 GB as the slave. I load up the XP Pro CD and when it
> shows me the drives, it sees the partitions and they are all labeled and
> perfect except right above that, it tells me the 120 is an "unknown drive�??
> I have the drive set as a basic disc with C: being active but after I format
> and install the necessary XP Pro files and the system reboots to start
> installing XP, I get a message "Error Loading OS�? Anyone know why this is
> happening? I have the BIOS set up to "master boot device HDD 0� and it should
> detect the installed XP that was just put on there and start up the 30 min
> install but it just keeps giving me that message?! Of course when I put my
> old drive as the master and the new one as a slave, it boots up off my old
> one fine. Both the new and old are set as basic disc's and are identical in
> every regard but why the PC will not boot up off the new disc with the fresh
> XP install (and my WD 80 as the slave-which it always is) is a mystery to
> me!? Any clues before my head explodes? Cheers!
>
> CHOUT
>
Have you tried using Western Digitals data lifeguard program to transfer
the contents of the drive ?

--
"*-344-*Never Forgotten"
Is for the New York City Firemen who lost their lives on September 11,2001.
The official count is 343, but there was also a volunteer who lost his life
aiding in the initial rescue efforts. And I will never forget them as
long as I live,
nor should any American.
"Mow Green"

 

[Guest]

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Hey Glenn,

Thanks for the response. Ya I did but still no luck. What I do not
understand is, both drives are now identical with my new one now in as the
slave. My new drives C: equivalent is "active". The really odd thing is...
why, even when I do a clean install, does it still give me an "error loading
OS" upon reboot??? My new drive is the master and my 80 GB, which has always
been the slave, is hooked up as the slave but still after installing the
files off the XP CD, it boots up to the same DOS message?? Argh!!

CHOUT





"Glenn" wrote:

> CHOUT wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Thank you in advance for the assistance. I posted this elsewhere prior to
> > seeing this section. Sorry about that. I am currently going insane as I have
> > a soon to be dead WD 120 GB HD and I received a replacement one from WD. Now
> > before I send the defective one back to WD, I am transferring all my info
> > from the old to the new drive. I partitioned the drive in the same size and
> > amounts as the original and used Norton Ghost 2003 to individually clone each
> > partition onto the new drive. Everything in that dept is perfect. Now I tried
> > cloning the OS partition and it will not work…well the cloning works but the
> > drive will not boot up. So np, I will do a fresh install. So I put my new 120
> > as the master and my 80 GB as the slave. I load up the XP Pro CD and when it
> > shows me the drives, it sees the partitions and they are all labeled and
> > perfect except right above that, it tells me the 120 is an “unknown drive�??
> > I have the drive set as a basic disc with C: being active but after I format
> > and install the necessary XP Pro files and the system reboots to start
> > installing XP, I get a message “Error Loading OS�? Anyone know why this is
> > happening? I have the BIOS set up to “master boot device HDD 0� and it should
> > detect the installed XP that was just put on there and start up the 30 min
> > install but it just keeps giving me that message?! Of course when I put my
> > old drive as the master and the new one as a slave, it boots up off my old
> > one fine. Both the new and old are set as basic disc’s and are identical in
> > every regard but why the PC will not boot up off the new disc with the fresh
> > XP install (and my WD 80 as the slave-which it always is) is a mystery to
> > me!? Any clues before my head explodes? Cheers!
> >
> > CHOUT
> >
> Have you tried using Western Digitals data lifeguard program to transfer
> the contents of the drive ?
>
> --
> "*-344-*Never Forgotten"
> Is for the New York City Firemen who lost their lives on September 11,2001.
> The official count is 343, but there was also a volunteer who lost his life
> aiding in the initial rescue efforts. And I will never forget them as
> long as I live,
> nor should any American.
> "Mow Green"
>

 

[Guest]

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Leave the old drive disconnected untill after you have done the clean
install on the new drive.
..


"CHOUT" <CHOUT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3222636B-E6F7-4678-9DA6-62851B41D311@microsoft.com...
> Hello all,
>
> Thank you in advance for the assistance. I posted this elsewhere prior to
> seeing this section. Sorry about that. I am currently going insane as I
> have
> a soon to be dead WD 120 GB HD and I received a replacement one from WD.
> Now
> before I send the defective one back to WD, I am transferring all my info
> from the old to the new drive. I partitioned the drive in the same size
> and
> amounts as the original and used Norton Ghost 2003 to individually clone
> each
> partition onto the new drive. Everything in that dept is perfect. Now I
> tried
> cloning the OS partition and it will not work.well the cloning works but
> the
> drive will not boot up. So np, I will do a fresh install. So I put my new
> 120
> as the master and my 80 GB as the slave. I load up the XP Pro CD and when
> it
> shows me the drives, it sees the partitions and they are all labeled and
> perfect except right above that, it tells me the 120 is an "unknown drive"??
> I have the drive set as a basic disc with C: being active but after I
> format
> and install the necessary XP Pro files and the system reboots to start
> installing XP, I get a message "Error Loading OS"? Anyone know why this is
> happening? I have the BIOS set up to "master boot device HDD 0" and it
> should
> detect the installed XP that was just put on there and start up the 30 min
> install but it just keeps giving me that message?! Of course when I put my
> old drive as the master and the new one as a slave, it boots up off my old
> one fine. Both the new and old are set as basic disc's and are identical
> in
> every regard but why the PC will not boot up off the new disc with the
> fresh
> XP install (and my WD 80 as the slave-which it always is) is a mystery to
> me!? Any clues before my head explodes? Cheers!
>
> CHOUT
>

 

[Guest]

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Hello,

Do you mean my old 80 GB? I did try that and still I get that message
"unidentified drive" and XP installs then upon reboot, the same old "error
loading operating system" rears it ugly head....is the new drive defective
you think??




"RonK" wrote:

> Leave the old drive disconnected untill after you have done the clean
> install on the new drive.
> ..
>
>
> "CHOUT" <CHOUT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3222636B-E6F7-4678-9DA6-62851B41D311@microsoft.com...
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Thank you in advance for the assistance. I posted this elsewhere prior to
> > seeing this section. Sorry about that. I am currently going insane as I
> > have
> > a soon to be dead WD 120 GB HD and I received a replacement one from WD.
> > Now
> > before I send the defective one back to WD, I am transferring all my info
> > from the old to the new drive. I partitioned the drive in the same size
> > and
> > amounts as the original and used Norton Ghost 2003 to individually clone
> > each
> > partition onto the new drive. Everything in that dept is perfect. Now I
> > tried
> > cloning the OS partition and it will not work.well the cloning works but
> > the
> > drive will not boot up. So np, I will do a fresh install. So I put my new
> > 120
> > as the master and my 80 GB as the slave. I load up the XP Pro CD and when
> > it
> > shows me the drives, it sees the partitions and they are all labeled and
> > perfect except right above that, it tells me the 120 is an "unknown drive"??
> > I have the drive set as a basic disc with C: being active but after I
> > format
> > and install the necessary XP Pro files and the system reboots to start
> > installing XP, I get a message "Error Loading OS"? Anyone know why this is
> > happening? I have the BIOS set up to "master boot device HDD 0" and it
> > should
> > detect the installed XP that was just put on there and start up the 30 min
> > install but it just keeps giving me that message?! Of course when I put my
> > old drive as the master and the new one as a slave, it boots up off my old
> > one fine. Both the new and old are set as basic disc's and are identical
> > in
> > every regard but why the PC will not boot up off the new disc with the
> > fresh
> > XP install (and my WD 80 as the slave-which it always is) is a mystery to
> > me!? Any clues before my head explodes? Cheers!
> >
> > CHOUT
> >
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Try booting to xp cd,recovery,press enter for password,then type:diskPart,
locate the new drive,delete partition,then create one,then press Esc Back in
cmd,type:FORMAT D: /FS:ntfs D: being the new drive,when its thru,type:EXIT
Restart xp,remove cd.On desktop,go to run,type:XCOPY C:\*.* D:\ /c/h/e/k/r
In the DOS window agree to all,when its thru,C: is copied to D:,shutdown,set
D: as master,start xp,if it wont start,boot to xp cd,install xp,then
select,repair
this copy.It should work fine,however xp doesnt copy very well.

"CHOUT" wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Thank you in advance for the assistance. I posted this elsewhere prior to
> seeing this section. Sorry about that. I am currently going insane as I have
> a soon to be dead WD 120 GB HD and I received a replacement one from WD. Now
> before I send the defective one back to WD, I am transferring all my info
> from the old to the new drive. I partitioned the drive in the same size and
> amounts as the original and used Norton Ghost 2003 to individually clone each
> partition onto the new drive. Everything in that dept is perfect. Now I tried
> cloning the OS partition and it will not work…well the cloning works but the
> drive will not boot up. So np, I will do a fresh install. So I put my new 120
> as the master and my 80 GB as the slave. I load up the XP Pro CD and when it
> shows me the drives, it sees the partitions and they are all labeled and
> perfect except right above that, it tells me the 120 is an “unknown drive�??
> I have the drive set as a basic disc with C: being active but after I format
> and install the necessary XP Pro files and the system reboots to start
> installing XP, I get a message “Error Loading OS�? Anyone know why this is
> happening? I have the BIOS set up to “master boot device HDD 0� and it should
> detect the installed XP that was just put on there and start up the 30 min
> install but it just keeps giving me that message?! Of course when I put my
> old drive as the master and the new one as a slave, it boots up off my old
> one fine. Both the new and old are set as basic disc’s and are identical in
> every regard but why the PC will not boot up off the new disc with the fresh
> XP install (and my WD 80 as the slave-which it always is) is a mystery to
> me!? Any clues before my head explodes? Cheers!
>
> CHOUT
>

 

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Hey Andrew,

Thanks, I am trying it now. The only thing is, I just completely formatted
my drive, prior to reading this, to the whole 120 gigs. Left it raw and let
XP, in the install, do the formatting and install the OS. Well it installed
it and upon restart, it still tells me the same message...."Error Loading
Operating System" Also, while in the XP CD blue screen DOS based install, it
shows my hard drive but says right above it, "Unknown Disk" and then below
that..."There is no disk in this drive"...what the hell is that? What is your
opinion? I have done this before, about a year ago with Norton GHost 2003 and
it worked perfectly except I had to run a repair to eset my SID"s etc.
Otherwise it was perfect. THis time...I have no clue...dead new 120 GB
replacement HD...nice quality control Western Digital!


CHOUT




"Andrew E." wrote:

> Try booting to xp cd,recovery,press enter for password,then type:diskPart,
> locate the new drive,delete partition,then create one,then press Esc Back in
> cmd,type:FORMAT D: /FS:ntfs D: being the new drive,when its thru,type:EXIT
> Restart xp,remove cd.On desktop,go to run,type:XCOPY C:\*.* D:\ /c/h/e/k/r
> In the DOS window agree to all,when its thru,C: is copied to D:,shutdown,set
> D: as master,start xp,if it wont start,boot to xp cd,install xp,then
> select,repair
> this copy.It should work fine,however xp doesnt copy very well.
>
> "CHOUT" wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Thank you in advance for the assistance. I posted this elsewhere prior to
> > seeing this section. Sorry about that. I am currently going insane as I have
> > a soon to be dead WD 120 GB HD and I received a replacement one from WD. Now
> > before I send the defective one back to WD, I am transferring all my info
> > from the old to the new drive. I partitioned the drive in the same size and
> > amounts as the original and used Norton Ghost 2003 to individually clone each
> > partition onto the new drive. Everything in that dept is perfect. Now I tried
> > cloning the OS partition and it will not work…well the cloning works but the
> > drive will not boot up. So np, I will do a fresh install. So I put my new 120
> > as the master and my 80 GB as the slave. I load up the XP Pro CD and when it
> > shows me the drives, it sees the partitions and they are all labeled and
> > perfect except right above that, it tells me the 120 is an “unknown drive�??
> > I have the drive set as a basic disc with C: being active but after I format
> > and install the necessary XP Pro files and the system reboots to start
> > installing XP, I get a message “Error Loading OS�? Anyone know why this is
> > happening? I have the BIOS set up to “master boot device HDD 0� and it should
> > detect the installed XP that was just put on there and start up the 30 min
> > install but it just keeps giving me that message?! Of course when I put my
> > old drive as the master and the new one as a slave, it boots up off my old
> > one fine. Both the new and old are set as basic disc’s and are identical in
> > every regard but why the PC will not boot up off the new disc with the fresh
> > XP install (and my WD 80 as the slave-which it always is) is a mystery to
> > me!? Any clues before my head explodes? Cheers!
> >
> > CHOUT
> >

 

[Guest]

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OK...update...still no go, the drive will not under any circumstances boot
up. I think it is fried. = (

 

[Guest]

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Go to Western Digitals site and check the hard drive jumper settings. There
are 2 different settings for Master - 1 for a Single Drive and 1 for a more
than 1 drive connected.


"CHOUT" <CHOUT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:728E80A9-E442-4E40-8B7A-F617DC99452F@microsoft.com...
> OK...update...still no go, the drive will not under any circumstances boot
> up. I think it is fried. = (

 

[Guest]

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For those in a similar predicament, here is what I had to do:

Run MBRTool. Delete the boot sector and wipe the MBR.

Run the Western Digital windows utility for initialising new disks.
Initialize to OS of choice, e.g. XP.

Install OS as normal.


CHOUT wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Thank you in advance for the assistance. I posted this elsewhere
prior to
> seeing this section. Sorry about that. I am currently going insane as
I have
> a soon to be dead WD 120 GB HD and I received a replacement one from
WD. Now
> before I send the defective one back to WD, I am transferring all my
info
> from the old to the new drive. I partitioned the drive in the same
size and
> amounts as the original and used Norton Ghost 2003 to individually
clone each
> partition onto the new drive. Everything in that dept is perfect. Now
I tried
> cloning the OS partition and it will not work...well the cloning
works but the
> drive will not boot up. So np, I will do a fresh install. So I put my
new 120
> as the master and my 80 GB as the slave. I load up the XP Pro CD and
when it
> shows me the drives, it sees the partitions and they are all labeled
and
> perfect except right above that, it tells me the 120 is an "unknown
drive"??
> I have the drive set as a basic disc with C: being active but after I
format
> and install the necessary XP Pro files and the system reboots to
start
> installing XP, I get a message "Error Loading OS"? Anyone know
why this is
> happening? I have the BIOS set up to "master boot device HDD 0"
and it should
> detect the installed XP that was just put on there and start up the
30 min
> install but it just keeps giving me that message?! Of course when I
put my
> old drive as the master and the new one as a slave, it boots up off
my old
> one fine. Both the new and old are set as basic disc's and are
identical in
> every regard but why the PC will not boot up off the new disc with
the fresh
> XP install (and my WD 80 as the slave-which it always is) is a
mystery to
> me!? Any clues before my head explodes? Cheers!
>
> CHOUT