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    Ghosting my boot drive to my new ssd.

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by cereal killer, Aug 8, 2009.

  1. cereal killer

    cereal killer Notebook Consultant

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    I'm having trouble as I can't get the ssd to boot after transferring the image. I'm using Acronis but I have Norton as well. Whayt Might I be doing wrong?
     
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    scholar80 Notebook Guru

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    I've read that sometimes an image will be unbootable if the master boot record (MBR) is not copied in its entirety. Furthermore, ThinkPads have a larger-than-usual MBR. Some imaging applications require additional options to be set.

    What ThinkPad are you using? How far to you get after booting?
     
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    cereal killer Notebook Consultant

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    No joy with this one. I was able to burn a set of restore discs and get XP tablet.

    I tried twice once again with Acronis true image and once with Norton. I made sure to mark the partition as active and all of the relevant features on Norton. I've never been able to to ghost a Lenovo hard drive.
     
    cereal killer, Aug 9, 2009
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    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    I've never had any trouble. You have to copy a disk image of the system you are copying into a partition large enough. If you are using Vista, use the "Backup and Restore".

    Renee
     
    Renee, Aug 10, 2009
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