I just finished upgrading my hard drive from a 200GB IDE to a 1TB SATA. For about 2 weeks I was having all kinds of issues that have been described all over this forum: not recognizing the new drive, not booting from the new drive, new drive being resized, etc., etc., etc!! It was driving me crazy until I found so many similar questions .. and the answers .. here.
I would like to thank those having problems for posting them, so the rest of us can benefit from the replies. I want to thank those who reply, even if it's not the correct solution, because it helps the rest of us avoid doing something that won't work. I especially want to thank Brian_K, as he offered tons of help throughout the threads I chased down. My hat is off to you! Although we never exchanged so much as one text message, I would never have finished this project without the help and insight you posted for others! If I could, I'd shake your hand.
Respectfully,
Teiv