Transfer Scsi Boot Drive To A New PC
Jul 5, 2005
I have a Dell Precision 530 and a Precision 650. Both are runningWindows XP Pro. I'd like to take the Seagate scsi hard drive from the530 and move it as-is with all the programs and data into the 650. Theproblem is that it won't boot in the new workstation. It sees thedrive in the scsi bios but, when XP boots, I get the error"inaccessible boot device." The 530 has an Adaptec scsi card and the650 has an LSI. I've tried booting off the XP CD, loading the scsidriver from floppy, and then running a repair.
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Jan 31, 2005
After an entire weekend working on this project, I am beat. I have a client who has a Windows NT Server and is replacing a 4 GB SCSI hard drive with a 20 GB IDE. System sees the new drive. I have used Ghost to create the clone of the original drive from the 4 GB SCSI to the 20 GB IDE. That worked fine. However, after removing the SCSI drive to boot from the 20 GB IDE, I repeatedly obtain the STOP: 0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. I have been in contact with Symantec and they have not been of much help. I have seen the article from Microsoft regarding the error as well but have not had much luck.
My question is by chance, has anyone else experienced a similiar situation and what has been your resolution? I would be extremely grateful to anyone who may have an answer to this problem.
Thank you for any help you may provide. I have not seen a similiar thread here on this forum of a clone from a SCSI to an IDE.
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Jan 12, 2006
This is really a question more than a problem. I'm running a PC with 2 HDs. I am changing the boot drive C: for a larger disk. Now ordinarily I would use a backup program like Ghost or whatever. Now my situation is slightly different in that most of my startup programs are installed on my second HD E:, the C: drive being the boot drive with XP installed.
What my intention is. Is to take out drive E: Then replace that with my new drive. Then I was going to boot in Safe Mode and use the Windows Files & Transfer wizard to copy the C: drive to The new drive. The last thing to do then is swap the C: with the newly installed drive and replace the original E: drive. I hope that all makes sense.
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The information in my sig is not for the computer with the problem. It's actually for an old computer which my son now has at college.
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