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"Nickeldome" <test@test.uk> wrote in message news:420b00a1$1_2@127.0.0.1...
> "Fredddd" <Pacbel4242@dlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >"Nickeldome" <test@test.uk> wrote in message
news:420a62da$1_2@127.0.0.1...
> >> "Fredddd" <Pacbel4242@dlink.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >"Nickeldome" <test@test.uk> wrote in message
> >news:42099061$1_1@127.0.0.1...
> >> >> "KC Computers" <kc@REMOVEkc-computers.com> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >"Fredddd" <Pacbel4242@dlink.net> wrote in message
> >> >> >news:uHTNd.35629$g16.9876@trndny08...
> >> >> >>I have installed a new 120 GB ATA133 Maxtor HD into my P4PE.
> >> >> >> In the BIOS Setup the HD is recognized but when trying to boot to
> >> >> >> windows,the rectangular POST screen shows all HDs to be "none".
> >> >> >> It is possible that I need to flash my bios to recognize a 120 GB
> >HD?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Did you partition and format the new drive in Windows XP or 2000?
> >> >> >To do so, you need to go into Control Panel/Administrative
> >Tools/Computer
> >> >> >Management/Storage/Disk Management. You should see the new
> >> >> >drive listed. Just right click on it to see the options.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Problem is, he can't boot into windows.
> >> >>
> >> >> Freddd, there can be 2 scenario's here, but I think you want to
> >> >> add this 120GB to your existing one. In this case:
> >> >> Go into the bios and make sure your 'old' drive is the one that
> >> >> is the bootdrive. I think your 'new' drive has taken control after
> >> >> you connected it and because there's nothing to boot from, you
> >> >> get that rectangular.
> >> >>
> >> >> Nickeldome
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >This 120 GB HD seems to work perfectly fine as a slave.
> >> >Unfortunately that's not what I bought it for.
> >> >I partitioned it, formatted it, and used Ghost 9.0 to copy my C drive,
> >> >a processs I have done countless times without ever having a problem.
> >> >
> >> >When the 120 GB HD is setup as the single master, Bios setup
recognizes
> >> >it to the extent of identifying the model number.
> >> >Yet when booting up it shows "NONE" in the rectangular box.
> >> >This contradiction is something I have never seen on any PC.
> >> >
> >> >Today I am going to test this 120GB HD on my other PC which has
> >> >a P4P800 in it, for what its worth.
> >> >
> >> >Fred
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> I take it you have checked the jumpers and tried to connect it
> >> with and without a jumper on master?
> >
> >Yes.
> >
> >>And that you disconnected the old drive before trying to boot from this
> >one. 2 simular
> >> bootsectors on seperate drives could cause problems.
> >>
> >
> >Yes.
> >
> >Tried the HD in on my P4P800 PC today with same result. Then I flashed
the
> >BIOS to latest
> >and it recognized the HD in BIOS Setup AND in POST details.
> >So now I am thinking maybe it's the disk copy in Ghost 9.0 where I have a
> >problem.
> >
> >Fred
> >
> I still use Ghost 2003 and have had no problems of the sort with that.
> I heard about lots of problems with 9.0 and that's why I keep it on the
> shelve. 2003 still works for me. I'm currently giving Acronis
> TrueImage a good look, because I think nowadays it's a better
> application than ghost 9. I'll probably switch to that in the near future.
> A simple test to find out if 9.0 is causing the problem, is just to write
> a simple bootsector to the drive and find out if it boots properly.
> If so, something went wrong with the cloneing of your drive.
>
> Nickeldome
>
I re-cloned using my old Ghost 2002 and the 120 GB HD came out just fine,
boots up and all. Guess the latest isn't always the greatest.
Thanks for the help.
Fred
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