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Migrate Easy 7.0 Windows 2000 won't boot right

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I am cloning an old computer's disk drive to make it bigger. This is the system disk. It's setup is whacky (drive letters) and I think that is part of the problem plus it is windows 2000.

I am using another computer to clone the disk. When I install the cloned disk, it boots, lets you login but then returns to the welcome screen.

I have a feeling it is the drive letters and UUID are messed up, but shouldn't a cloned disk preserve all this? Does Migrate Easy "adjust" something like the UUID, thinking the disk is going into the cloning computer instead of the target computer? Will it work "better" if I use the target computer instead?

I have Migrate, True Image (Ghost and gparted) tools, and I can't seem to get this right.

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It ought to work OK in the original comupter as all the UUID's will be correct apart form the hard drive ID.

With W2K, you can run the repair option if you hvae access to a install CD.

Hi, I am having the same problem. I am trying to clone a Windows 2000 Server hard drive, and the Migrate Easy 7 says all is done, but when I try to boot from the new bigger drive, it fails. I am trying to clone a 250Gb SATA to a 500Gb SATA. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Kevin,

What fails, does the clone itself not work, or it works but W2K fails to boot or it boots and then crashes?

What error messages do you get if any?

The clone process itself completes fine, and Acronis shows that everything has been done, but once I try to boot from that new bigger drive, then Windows 2000 server does not boot. I just get a black screen. The old drive then boots fine.

Have you tried using the W2K repair CD as this sounds as though either the boot files have moved from where Windows thinks they should be or, and I'm not sure here that possibly the disk ID is now different and W2K checks for this in registry.

I don't have W2K in a VM at the moment, in fact I'll have to hunt down the CD's

You don't have both drives in the PC at the same time by chance do you?