winxp pro won't boot up after ghosting

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i bought 2 new hard drive recently, one is 120gb another 250gb, initially i
installed winxp pro on the 120gb hdd but the hdd failed the next morning so
i've to send back for warranty claim, therefore i was force to install my
winxp pro to the 250gb hdd. after the 120gb hdd came back from warranty i
tired to ghost everything back to the 120gb but after that i couldn't boot up
from either one of the hdd, it kept on saying that i need to do a chkdsk/f..
but it will boot up if i put in the winxp installation cd in my dvd-rom. any
idea on how to i solve this problem or do i have to reformat everything
again?...

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And also, check your boot sequence and drive letter.

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"D.Currie" <dmbcurrie.nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Amika" <Amika@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>i bought 2 new hard drive recently, one is 120gb another 250gb, initially
>>i
>> installed winxp pro on the 120gb hdd but the hdd failed the next morning
>> so
>> i've to send back for warranty claim, therefore i was force to install my
>> winxp pro to the 250gb hdd. after the 120gb hdd came back from warranty i
>> tired to ghost everything back to the 120gb but after that i couldn't
>> boot up
>> from either one of the hdd, it kept on saying that i need to do a
>> chkdsk/f..
>> but it will boot up if i put in the winxp installation cd in my dvd-rom.
>> any
>> idea on how to i solve this problem or do i have to reformat everything
>> again?...
>>
>
> Make sure the partition is set as active.
>