Ghost 9 problems restoring image

[repairpad]

Here's the situation:

I have a system running winxp pro, but it only has a 4gb harddrive (however, the cpu/mobo/ram are decent). I install ghost9, backup the drive to an external usb harddrive, and then install a new seagate 40gb harddrive and take the 4gb one out. I then booted from the ghost9 cd and selected the image on the external usb harddrive to restore to the new 40gb. I selected the options to expand the image to fit the new drive, copy the mbr, and set the drive as the primary boot. After finishing, I reboot and after the bios posts it just hangs on a black screen with a blinking cursor.

I then booted from the winxp cd and ran recovery console so i could do a fixboot and fixmbr on the drive. All the files appear to be intact, but after rebooting it still hangs after the bios posts. Does anyone have any clue what's going wrong? There's no error messages or anything, just a blinking cursor and a black screen.

 

[pcgeek11]

Originally posted by: repairpad
Here's the situation:

I have a system running winxp pro, but it only has a 4gb harddrive (however, the cpu/mobo/ram are decent). I install ghost9, backup the drive to an external usb harddrive, and then install a new seagate 40gb harddrive and take the 4gb one out. I then booted from the ghost9 cd and selected the image on the external usb harddrive to restore to the new 40gb. I selected the options to expand the image to fit the new drive, copy the mbr, and set the drive as the primary boot. After finishing, I reboot and after the bios posts it just hangs on a black screen with a blinking cursor.

I then booted from the winxp cd and ran recovery console so i could do a fixboot and fixmbr on the drive. All the files appear to be intact, but after rebooting it still hangs after the bios posts. Does anyone have any clue what's going wrong? There's no error messages or anything, just a blinking cursor and a black screen.

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[Navid]

Originally posted by: repairpad
Here's the situation:

I have a system running winxp pro, but it only has a 4gb harddrive (however, the cpu/mobo/ram are decent). I install ghost9, backup the drive to an external usb harddrive, and then install a new seagate 40gb harddrive and take the 4gb one out. I then booted from the ghost9 cd and selected the image on the external usb harddrive to restore to the new 40gb. I selected the options to expand the image to fit the new drive, copy the mbr, and set the drive as the primary boot. After finishing, I reboot and after the bios posts it just hangs on a black screen with a blinking cursor.

I then booted from the winxp cd and ran recovery console so i could do a fixboot and fixmbr on the drive. All the files appear to be intact, but after rebooting it still hangs after the bios posts. Does anyone have any clue what's going wrong? There's no error messages or anything, just a blinking cursor and a black screen.

I have never used Ghost. I have experience with Drive Image though, which I believe Ghost 9 is from.

Can you run Ghost from DOS?
Can you set up the PC the way it was so that booting from the 4G drive works?
If you can, run Ghost from DOS and make the 4GB drive hidden.
While still running Ghost in DOS, create an image of the hidden partition.
Then, restore the image to the 40G drive. Then, disconnect the 4G drive and run Ghost again in DOS and unhide the 40G partition.
Go to Bios and change the boot priority so that the new 40G drive is first in the boot sequence. Reboot and cross your fingers!

 

[Smilin]

Unplug the USB drive.