> Have you considered using a program like Acronis Disk Director or
Symantec
> (nee PowerQuest) PartitionMagic to convert the logical partitions
inside
> of the extended partition into primary partitions (or as they are set
up
> originally on the previous hard disk drive) and then setting the
"correct"
> partition as "active"?"
On the original drive they are not in an extended partition, just 3
separate primary partitions, one active. I can manually reproduce this
setup with Partition Manager (which has at least the functionality of
Partition Magic) by just copying the partitions over one by one, but I'm
still hoping for the no-babysit solution.
> You may (or may not) still have to boot the computer from a Windows
2000
> Professional installation disc, start the Recovery Console and use the
> FIXMBR and FIXBOOT commands to properly configure the master boot
record
> and boot sector.
This didn't work. The console BSODs, complaining about the drive
structure.
I will try Acronis tonight; if that doesn't work, I'll have to try
something more drastic, like a backup/restore.
David
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