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[gkg]

Attempting to replace laptop hard drive with a brand new (unformatted) hard drive.  Made a backup of the three partitions using Ghost 14.  During the restore process, used Express (recommended).  Cannot get access to the new hard drive.  Used the Ghost 14 CD to start the computer.  Was able to see that the partitions exist on the new hard drive.  But it just will not boot.  Was I supposed to also install the MBR?  Now that the new drive is no longer "new", the Ghost CD does not want to let me install the MBR.  I'm lost . . . and could use a little guidance.

[Brian_K]

gkg,

A few questions. Not restoring the MBR shouldn't really matter.

Which OS?

Did you set a partition Active? Which one?

What error do you see when you try to boot the new HD?

[Brian_K]

Have you fixed it?

[gkg]

XP SP3.  I don't receive any errors, per se.  Just nothing happens when I try to boot from the new HDD.  I can see the partitions when I boot from the recovery CD, but the system will not boot from the HDD.

[DaveH]

Boot to the Ghost recovery disk.

Select: Utilites > Change Active Partition

Select the XP partition by the ID number listed next to it.

Close the box and reopen it to verify XP now has a little arrow next to it, then exit everything and try to boot Windows.

Dave

edit- I'm assuming that XP has always been the first partition on the drive or the second partition if it has a small hidden diagnostic partition before it. 

[gkg]

Attempted that . . . but all of the partitions are marked as "Invalid"

[Brian_K]

Can you post a screenshots of Disk Management showing the internal old HD and the new HD connected via USB?

What sizes are the HDs?