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Hi All,

This is the issue facing me..Machine specs
1) OS Win2003 Server
2) HD1 ==C drive, D drive (150GB Each).

I need to increase the size of D drive for the software i am running, so i ghosted the entire HD1(300gb) onto a slave drive(HD2).then replaced the Original master with a 500Gb, set jumper to Master and tried to create the image back, That works, However machine will not start, reason for that i think is when i booted back in using the cd i noticed that the slave drive(HD2) had one of its drive`s marked as C and D..though after the restoration of the image the C drive did get restored and so did the D..under a different letter of G...I tried changing this using diskpart but it wont let me do that...any one have any help on how to remedy this situation..?

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Member Avatar for MidiMagic

What is missing is the boot sector. You need your original Windows disk to make your new hard drive bootable. The boot sector is not a file that can normally be copied, since it is different for each partitioning.

Member Avatar for fastBlackGsr

Hi,

i tried to do a repair from a windows disk and it started off with the installation part and i was told it would be done in 39 minutes when i chose to exit......as i dint want a clean install of 2003, Do u think i should let that repair that looked like a clean install complete..if so i shall give that a shot ...

Member Avatar for MidiMagic

It may be the only way.

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did you try the "fixmbr" command at the repair prompt.

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