Windows Boot Manager - problem with partition

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rogigor

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Hi

I have a problem. I bought a new SATA hard drive (my old is ata) and with Norton Ghost i copied my partitions (C - system and D - games, music etc) to the new one. When I try to start the system from the new hdd it just won't go (partitions on the new hdd are G and H). I tried changing boot options but it didn't help. It asked to insert a system disk. I've restored boot settings to the defaults and it looks like that:


Windows Boot Manager
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identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=D:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {5613ba39-6f78-11dd-9d74-eb22da2dfa61}
displayorder {current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 2

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Microsoft Windows Vista
locale en-US
loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
inherit {bootloadersettings}
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {5613ba39-6f78-11dd-9d74-eb22da2dfa61}
nx OptIn
incr******erva 2900
numproc 2
detecthal No
usefirmwarepcisettings No

How to change Windows Boot Loader I know.

bcdedit.exe /set {default} device partition=G: <-system partition on the new disk

bcdedit.exe /set {default} osdevice partition=G:

What I don't know is how to change Windows Boot Manager partition from D: to H:
 
This is EXACTLY what happens when you use programs for cloning the drives or partitions instead of doing all this with the simple Windows OS CD/DVD and Linux Ubuntu CD...

Lets take this as an example...Your first HDD has partitions "C:" and "D:" and your new HDD has also partitions "C:" and "D:".Now what you want to do is to completely clone the "C:" partition from your old HDD to the "C:" partition on your new HDD.Same for the "D:" partition...This proceedure is REALLY simple.So do the following:

-completely format you entire new HDD using the DOS tool called KILL DISK 4.1

-after that put your Windows OS CD/DVD in the CD/DVD-ROM drive,boot from it and when you get to the part with the partitions,create 2 partitions---> "C:" and "D:".Make sure that their size is big enough so that your data from your old HDD partitions can fit on the partitions on the new HDD!!!

IMPORTANT NOTE: YOU MUST USE THE SAME WINDOWS OS VERSION WITH THE SAME SERVICE PACK VERSION WHICH YOU HAVE INSTALLED ON YOUR OLD HDD!!!

-After you have created the "C:" partition and the "D:" partition,select the "C:" partition,press the ENTER button on your keyboard and then format that partition using the NTFS file system!!!DO NOT CHOOSE THE QUICK METHOD!!!<---(XP or older only)...

-Now the formatting process will start.Anyway...after the Windows OS is completely installed on that "C:" partition,go to the "My Computer" or "Computer" and there you will see your "D:" partition.Double click it and you will get the message that you must format it.Format it using its maximum free space,NTFS file system,default allocation unit size and give its volume label to be "DISK 2".Also TURN OFF THE OPTIONS called "Quick format" and "Enable file and folder compression"!!!

-After the formatting process for that "D:" partition is complete,you will automatically be inside of that "D:" partition.Now simply just go back and also rename the "C:" partition to "DISK 1".Now restart your computer to see if Windows OS works okay.After the computer has restarted and everything works okay,we are finally ready to clone the old partitions to the new ones.

-Now put the Linux Ubuntu 9.04 CD in your CD/DVD-ROM drive,turn off your computer and leave it off for about 15 seconds at least!!!Now turn on your computer,boot from that Linux Ubuntu 9.04 CD.First thing you will see is to choose the language.Choose the "English" language,and then select the first option called "Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer" and then press the ENTER button on your keyboard ONLY ONCE!!!Linux Ubuntu 9.04 will start loading after few seconds.

-After the Linux Ubuntu 9.04 is completely loaded,you will see the desktop.Now go to "Places" -> "Computer".There you will see your both HDDs and their partitions.Now go in the DISK 1,delete EVERYTHING from there,then go back and go into your old "C:" partition.Select everything in that old "C:" partition,right click on any of the selected items and then click "Copy".Now go back and go into the new "C:" partition or so called "DISK 1" and there go right click and then click "Paste".

-The copying process has started and it can take a very long time,but that depends on the size of the data and the speed of your HDDs...

-After the copying process is complete,do the SAME THING for your "D:" partition.

-After you have done all this,close the window,go to the "Live session user" -> "Shut Down" and on the small window that will open also click the button called "Shut Down".Linux Ubuntu 9.04 will start shutting down and after the couple of seconds your CD/DVD-ROM tray will open.So take out the CD,close the tray and then press the "ENTER" button on your keyboard.Your computer will now completely shut down.

-Now turn on your computer again,go in the BIOS and set that NEW HDD to be the first device to boot from,save the changes to CMOS and restart your computer using BIOS options...

-The End.You now have completely cloned both partitions on your NEW HDD.:D



Cheers!
 
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