I need to replace a SATA hard drive in my laptop.
I installed the new drive, I booted from a BartPE CD, partitioned the drive same as the old drive (C: primary, D: and E
and used 2 different programs to restore backup images. In both cases Windows XP64 fails to boot from the new drive (even though these images worked in the old drive). I get a blank screen with a blinking cursor at the top left.
The Western Digital people suggested it's a boot loader problem. So I downloaded EasyBCD 2.0.2 and tried it on the old drive and got the above error. Since I don't have multi-booting, my system goes directly to C: to boot Windows.
So my questions are:
1. Any idea why the system won't boot? Is it a boot loader problem?
2. Suggestions for fixing the problem.
3. If EasyBCD could help, how can I make it work? Is there a BertPE (XP32) plugin for it?
Thanks.
I installed the new drive, I booted from a BartPE CD, partitioned the drive same as the old drive (C: primary, D: and E
The Western Digital people suggested it's a boot loader problem. So I downloaded EasyBCD 2.0.2 and tried it on the old drive and got the above error. Since I don't have multi-booting, my system goes directly to C: to boot Windows.
So my questions are:
1. Any idea why the system won't boot? Is it a boot loader problem?
2. Suggestions for fixing the problem.
3. If EasyBCD could help, how can I make it work? Is there a BertPE (XP32) plugin for it?
Thanks.