Re: Lost path to boot drive - Help please

Connect only the clone drive to the motherboard. Then use MBRWizard
command <http://mbrwizard.com/reference.php>
mbrwizd /disk=0 /signature=0
to zero the disk signature on the clone drive.
Boot from the clone drive.

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:30:20 -0800 (PST), TimB <>
wrote:

>I have a Windows Vista Ultimate system with 4 SATA hard drives
>configured to look like IDE drives through an ASUS motherboard.
>
>I had the boot drive set as drive C: with a variety of applications
>installed on it. Two days ago I 'cloned' that drive to a new larger
>drive with the most recent version of Norton Ghost. That drive showed
>as drive H:.
>
>I've been trying to get the new drive to show as drive c:, as all my
>applications want to read data or write settings to drive C:. I've
>used the disk manager in Vista to change the drive letter assignments,
>even swapped the SATA cables between the two and probably some other
>settings in BIOS, etc. -- The original boot drive now shows as drive
>G: and the 'new' drives shows as H:.
>
>The system is now SO screwed up that although I can “boot” into
>Windows it will not bring up any of my applications and simply shows a
>light blue background with no toolbars or icons. I can use Ctrl-Alt-
>Del to get into the task manager and try to start a management program
>but it always shows 'Path Not Found' and references drive H:.
>
>Can anyone make a suggestion on how I get one of the 'boot' drives
>seen as drive C: again and boot into Vista? Maybe even to the point
>where I can use the Vista DVD to repair one of them?
>
>Thanks for helping an idiot!
>Tim