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 say it won't boot with the new drive do you mean it will not
boot Windows or not start at all? The last time I cloned a system
drive, using Ghost, I had to start the system in Safe Mode and then
reboot. After that the drive worked perfectly.