m32 wrote:
> On Jul 3, 5:23 pm, Big_Al <Bi...@md.com> wrote:
>> m32 wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I need to replace an ageing 180 gig (boot) drive, and I found a great
>>> deal on a 160 gig drive. If I only using 100 gigs of the 180, can I
>>> just transfer the what's on 180 to the 160 without any problems? I'm
>>> assuming that I will use whatever software comes with the drive to do
>>> the transfer. Thanks!
>> Even if you get an OEM version, you can get a free trial copy of Acronis
>> True Image Home. It will clone a drive perfectly. As a matter of
>> fact I think the Seagate wizard is a trimmed down version the Seagate
>> gives out on its website just so you can copy data on a newly purchased
>> drive.
>
> I bought a new 500 gig Seagate SATA drive to replace my aging 200 gig
> drive. I used the DiscWizard to clone the drive (I thought). The
> original drive had two partitions, one containing the HP recovery
> stuff. I unplugged the old drive after the process, and the computer
> would not boot. I plugged it back in to attempt a repair of some kind,
> and it booted fine. In disk Management, it shows G: (the new drive) as
> healthy system, and the C: drive (the old one) as pagefile. I decided
> to just try the whole operation over again, and the Discwizard won't
> let me reclone to the new drive, the option is greyed out. The
> original plan was to replace the old drive and use it as storage.
> Where did I go wrong? How can I fix this? Thanks ahead of time.

When you finished the clone, you then switched drives right? Changing
master/slave jumpers and cables and all? The 500Gig (even though it
might have been G: or something in your XP system) it should be put into
the PC as if it were C:. When you boot the clone operation should
finish & rename it to C: on the way up and it should work.

If you just removed the old 200gig and did nothing then no wonder.