"Sam" <> wrote in message
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> Off topic I realize, but I thought the expertise was here to answer.
>
> I'm swapping out and upgrading the hard drive in my XP PC using Norton
> Ghost on my Vista PC.
>
> I disconnected the origins IDE XP disk and connected to Vista via a
> USB/IDE controller.
> I backed up the two partitions ("System" and "Files") on the disk to
> the Vista PC with Ghost.
> I disconnected the original IDE XP disk
> I connected the new IDE XP disk to the Vista PC
> I restored both partitions to the new disk (System is Primary and
> active.)
> Disconnected new IDE XP from Vista
> Connected new IDE XP to XP PC
> Boot attempt gives me "Missing NTLDR"
>
> I know "Missing NTLDR" can mean several things, but considering what I'm
> trying to do here specifically, why won't the second disk boot? Is it the
> MBR? Do I go to the recovery console and try a fixmbr?
>
> Thanks
Just to add, i find this particularly distutbing because this is not that
different from what I would do in case I needed to recover the Vista PC in
case of a hard drive failure...
Disconnect dead drive
Attach new drive
Restore system partition
Boot (hopefully)
I did try a test back when I was using Acronis of just this and the only way
I could get it to boot Windows was using the repair option on a recovery
disk. I can't believe Norton and Acronis would behave like this so I'm
assuming I'm missing something.
This never used to be a problem with my old DOS Norton boot disk.
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