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From: BillW50 on 23 Jun 2008 17:18
In news:Xns9AC69C63517FBpaugle(a)127.0.0.1,
Pdigmking typed on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:22:26 GMT:
> Ok, I found this program, MBR wizard. I need to make sure I've got
> this command right however. Here's what the instructions say:
>
> The Repair option is designed to replace the boot loader with a
> standard Windows XP boot loader. The only parameter currently
> available for /Repair is 1, which indicates Windows XP, additional
> options will be available in future versions to support Vista and
> others as required. Making sure the Disk=x option is set correctly
> (you don't want to repair the wrong disk), use the following command
> to perform the repair:
>
> MBRWiz /Repair=1 /Disk=0
>
> I'm not sure of course which disk is which. Is "0" my current "C"
> drive? Or is that "1"?
>
> Any thoughts?

Well the one that needs the MBR is in the external drive right? That
would be disk=1 then. Disk=0 would be the C drive which is bootable
already. If the Toshiba has a special MBR and won't work with the
standard MBR, you have to copy everything all over again. But use the
bootable option this time.

--
Bill
Gateway Celeron M 370 (1.5GHZ)
MX6124 (laptop) w/1GB
Windows XP Home SP2 (60GB HD)
Intel(r) 910GML (64MB shared)

From: John Doue on 23 Jun 2008 19:35
Pdigmking wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a toshiba A105 with an 80gig HD. I have a new Wester Digital HD
> that I'm trying to swap in there. I used Acronis Migrate easy to copy the
> drive, and I used this USB connection kit. The copy appeared to go well
> although it took 11 hours. When I plugged the new drive and fired up the
> computer I get: "Unable To Run Operating System" or something like that.
> The jumper setting is on default (no jumpers) which is master drive. In
> setup the drive is recognized, it just won't boot up. Connections are
> good. Any ideas?
>
> TIA
>
> Paul
I am not sure what Migrate is about, but definitely use the Acronis True
Image function. 11hrs ... whoa ! Something wrong here anyway!

--
John Doue
From: GG Willikers on 23 Jun 2008 22:52
John Doue wrote:
> Pdigmking wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a toshiba A105 with an 80gig HD. I have a new Wester Digital
>> HD that I'm trying to swap in there. I used Acronis Migrate easy to
>> copy the drive, and I used this USB connection kit. The copy appeared
>> to go well although it took 11 hours. When I plugged the new drive
>> and fired up the computer I get: "Unable To Run Operating System" or
>> something like that. The jumper setting is on default (no jumpers)
>> which is master drive. In setup the drive is recognized, it just
>> won't boot up. Connections are good. Any ideas?
>> TIA
>>
>> Paul
> I am not sure what Migrate is about, but definitely use the Acronis True
> Image function. 11hrs ... whoa ! Something wrong here anyway!
>
YOu might want to defrag and resize your partition on the original drive.

Do some housecleaning before you image.

CC Cleaner and defraggler here :

http://www.ccleaner.com/
http://www.defraggler.com/

then use Acronis to resize the partition.
then run your image transfer.
From: Barry Watzman on 24 Jun 2008 02:03
This often happens with Windows. Windows knows what drive it's
installed on and if you "copy" or "clone" it to a new drive (Ghost,
Drive Image, Acronis, etc.) the new drive may not work (won't boot).
But it doesn't always happen, only sometimes. And I don't know why
sometimes but not always.


Pdigmking wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a toshiba A105 with an 80gig HD. I have a new Wester Digital HD
> that I'm trying to swap in there. I used Acronis Migrate easy to copy the
> drive, and I used this USB connection kit. The copy appeared to go well
> although it took 11 hours. When I plugged the new drive and fired up the
> computer I get: "Unable To Run Operating System" or something like that.
> The jumper setting is on default (no jumpers) which is master drive. In
> setup the drive is recognized, it just won't boot up. Connections are
> good. Any ideas?
>
> TIA
>
> Paul
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From: Chris Hill on 25 Jun 2008 09:37
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:02:24 GMT, Pdigmking <paugle(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have a toshiba A105 with an 80gig HD. I have a new Wester Digital HD
>that I'm trying to swap in there. I used Acronis Migrate easy to copy the
>drive, and I used this USB connection kit. The copy appeared to go well
>although it took 11 hours. When I plugged the new drive and fired up the
>computer I get: "Unable To Run Operating System" or something like that.
>The jumper setting is on default (no jumpers) which is master drive. In
>setup the drive is recognized, it just won't boot up. Connections are
>good. Any ideas?


11 hours. Sounds to me like your original drive is on death's door.
If it has a manufacturer's diagnostic available get it. Next, be very
careful when you do the copy. do not boot xp with the copy attached
via usb once the copy is complete, this usually causes disaster.
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