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From: Brian K on 30 Apr 2010 20:19 "MJMIII" <balrog(a)castaway.net> wrote in message news:Ha6dnerRlLoK_kbWnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... Here's a stupid question. I was originally doing this in the laptop. Does it make a > difference if I installed the drive in my desktop as an extra drive and > booted to the Seagate disk? > > -- > I don't know.
From: MJMIII on 30 Apr 2010 20:34 "Brian K" <remove_this(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:fsKCn.22425$pv.13500(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > "MJMIII" <balrog(a)castaway.net> wrote in message > news:Ha6dnerRlLoK_kbWnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > Here's a stupid question. I was originally doing this in the laptop. > Does it make a >> difference if I installed the drive in my desktop as an extra drive and >> booted to the Seagate disk? >> >> -- >> > > > I don't know. Doesn't matter. That HDAT2 was easy as all hell. Got my 250GB back and now Acronis is restoring without MBR. I'll know if everything worked in about 20 minutes. -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
From: Brian K on 30 Apr 2010 21:42 "MJMIII" <balrog(a)castaway.net> wrote in message news:3ZmdnZp6sKFk60bWnZ2dnUVZ_sOdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> Doesn't matter. That HDAT2 was easy as all hell. Got my 250GB back and >> now > Acronis is restoring without MBR. I'll know if everything worked in about > 20 minutes. > -- > > Please let me know if you have better HDAT2 instructions than I posted.
From: Brian K on 30 Apr 2010 21:46 Good luck but remember that HD already has the Dell MBR and LBA-3. So you may not be out of the woods yet.
From: MJMIII on 30 Apr 2010 21:54
You are absolutely correct. Still showing 58GB. -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you." "Brian K" <remove_this(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3KLCn.22449$pv.9901(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Good luck but remember that HD already has the Dell MBR and LBA-3. So you > may not be out of the woods yet. > |