Re: Hardware problem? Ghosted disk will not boot...

"Eric R. Derby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I am running NT 4.  Celeron 466.
> NTFS.  2 partitions on main HD.
> 
> I booted with a floppy, which also had a copy of
> Norton Ghost Pro.  I Ghosted the main disk to a new
> disk. (Yes, I made sure the first partition was the
> same size in the second drive...)
> 
> Primary disk is 3.5 years old.  IBM.  12GB.  Set to Master.
> 
> Backup disk is <1 year old.  Western digital.  20GB.
> Set to Slave.
> 
> After running Ghost. I pulled the primary disk (which is in
> a tray).  I set the backup disk to Master (and also tried C/S
> later) and ejected the floppy.
> 
> The system would not boot with the Ghosted disk.  Is this
> a hardware or software problem?  Any suggestions would be
> appreciated.
> 
> If I boot with my original disk, and my second disk set to slave
> it finds both drives, boots, and I can see both partitions
> of the second drive.  They look identical to the files/partitions
> on the second drive...  (on very quick inspection...)
> 
> eric
> @softwarescout.com


You do have the BIOS set to auto detect the HDDs don't you ?