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    help! trying to clone from a notebook

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jasminez2, Apr 19, 2009.

  1. jasminez2

    jasminez2 Newbie

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    I am replacing a WD 160gb to a 500gb Seagate. I hooked the Seagate through a USB adaptor and tried Seagate’s disk wizard. This did not work as it did not see the Seagate drive. Tried reversing the drives and it would see the Seagate but not the WD through the USB. Finally pulled both drives and put them into a desktop pc and used the disk wizard. It appeared to be successful. However when I installed the new 500gb drive back into the laptop and set it as the first device in the CMOS all I get is a blinking cursor. Any suggestions?
     
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    goofball Notebook Deity

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    You might need to reset the boot info. What OS are you trying to load?
     
    goofball, Apr 19, 2009
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    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    I wonder if that OS is Vista, which changed some of the boot files.

    Try following the suggestions in this thread.

    John
     
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    xp pro and I did reset the boot info.
     
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