Question Drive Read Error After Cloning Old Win2K IDE Drive

[TheTBeast]

I've hit a snag while trying to clone an old Windows 2000 PC's 40GB IDE drive to a 'new' 80GB IDE drive.

I'm using Clonezilla from a live USB for this task. The new drive, connected via a USB-to-IDE adapter, seems to clone successfully, and the file structure checks out okay. But, I'm stuck with a 'drive read error' when I try booting from this new drive, while the old drive still boots perfectly fine. I've already run a chkdsk on the new drive, and it didn't report any problems. The new drive is set as master, though I'm not sure if that's relevant given it's connected through the USB adapter.

Any insights into what could be wrong?

 

[rgd1101]

connect the new 80 ide internally

 

[hedwar2011]

Have you tried the adapter in another USB port to see if that could be giving you the read error?

 

[USAFRet]

though I'm not sure if that's relevant given it's connected through the USB adapter.

That is VERY relevant.

Connect it internally.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

.....The new drive is set as master, though I'm not sure if that's relevant given it's connected through the USB adapter.

Any insights into what could be wrong?

Windows cannot boot from external media. The drive must be connected internally.

 

[TheTBeast]

My brain kind of glossed over USB booting being an issue. I'll check it out.