From: James H. E. Maugham (James.H.Maugham_at_verizon.net)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2001 - 08:49:30 EST
Ron,
Ronald W. Heiby [mailto:heiby_at_falkor.chi.il.us] wrote:
> Now that the 25Gig replacement is here, I would like to move my Win2K
> work onto the larger drive. However, this does not seem to be a simple
> task. I tried using PowerQuest Partition Magic 6 to copy the partition
> from the 8 to the 25. However, when I try booting from the 25, I get
> an error from Windows and it refuses to boot.
PM is not the best choice for cloning a HD. What you've wound up with is a
non-bootable HD with a copy of the active partition from your 8GB drive. BOOT
the system from your W2K CD and select install. During the installation process
it will find the W2K install on the 25GB HD and ask you if you want to repair an
existing install. Hit R and then C to start the Recovery Console. A "fixmbr"
command should rewrite the MBR and make the drive bootable. See:
http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWS2000/techinfo/reskit/en/Core/fndc_rec_ivxb.htm
If you wanted to go back to square one, you could wipe the 25GB, FDISK and
FORMAT it with the partitions you want, set the primary partition ACTIVE and
then try the PM copy again. Should work.
Personally, from amongst the choices you have, I would use Drive Image to clone
the drive, or you can Ghost it. Choice is yours.
I always reach for my copy of DriveCopy when I'm cloning a drive, probably due
more to being comfortable with it from long use rather than any perceived
benefit over Ghost.
Regards,
James
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