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glamart wrote:
> Problem solved - you can't copy the MBR from drives of different
> sizes. Works fine if I leave the MBR alone, copy the old drive and
> mark the new drive active. The two hard drives have to be in the PC
> to copy to the new drive with an arbitrary drive letter. When the
> old drive is removed and the new drive is installed as the first
> drive master, Windows reassigns it the letter C: and all works fine.
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I used Ghost to clone a dying 60 GB hard drive to a 120 GB drive and
only had to go into Safe Mode the first time. Since then it has worked
properly so I don't think the MBR was the problem.
> "Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@maysys.com> wrote in message
> news:eb6D$3LpFHA.1412@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>
>>The problem is more likely that the 160Gb hard drive is not set as
>>Master or the two hard drives are in the PC when you finish the
>>copy.
>>
>>1) Set the old 80GB as Master , new 160GB as Slave.
>>2) Ghost 80GB to 160GB.
>>3) Shutdown and power off the PC
>>4) Disconnect the 80GB and reconfigure the 160GB as Master.
>>5) Boot
>> If the system still does not boot, you may have to do a
>>repair re-install.
>>
>>
>>
>>"glamart" <glamartNS@NScomcast.net> wrote in message
>>news:OooR7tLpFHA.3036@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>I'm using Ghost 9 which is the former PowerQuest Drive Image. The
>>>only option is to copy. When you want to copy a boot volume, you
>>>check copy MBR and make the partition active.
>>>
>>>The copy boots but never as far as the GUI. I am going to try to
>>>restore from a backup and find out if that works. It has worked
>>>in the past.
>>>
>>>Thanks for the reply
>>>--
>>>
>>>"PA20Pilot" <PA20Pilot@faa.gov> wrote in message
>>>news:uF9akMHpFHA.2152@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>.......When I ghost the 80gb to the 160gb it won't boot. I will
>>>>try again.
>>>>
>>>>Are you using Ghosts Advanced/Clone option?
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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