stuck at "verifying dmi pool"

[Gravity]

I used the most current WD tools to transfer the data from the old drive to a newer one. Both are 40 gigs, the old one got very loud so I was swapping it out. However, when I get go to boot to the new drive, the machine is stuck at the "verifying dmi pool" message. It's like the drive isn't bootable or something.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Gravity

 

[fredtam]

Clear CMOS. Make sure you have the junper properly selected (master). Make sure cable is right and the bios recognises the drive.

 

[wake]

Which motherboard?

 

[pyrojunkie]

WD drives have special jumper settings. Master w/Slave, Master w/o Slave, and Slave.

 

[Gravity]

Originally posted by: wake
Which motherboard?

Gigabyte GA 7VA, the cheapo.

 

[Gravity]

Originally posted by: pyrojunkie
WD drives have special jumper settings. Master w/Slave, Master w/o Slave, and Slave.

Not special, but yes, I'm aware of those. I've tried the jumper in the master position, the CS position and with no jumper. Same result.

 

[Fern]

What WD tools did use use to clone the HD? Perhaps the WD don't get the job done like Norton Ghost will? So no bootable copy

 

[Gravity]

Apparently that is the case. The drive didn't appear to be bootable. There are lots of places to find discussions on this topic but I couldn't find a solution that was functional. I even waited on hold with WD for 20 minutes, willing to pay 15.00 for support but they never picked up. My patience wearing thin, I did a fresh install to the new drive, what a waste. I made the old whiny drive a slave and copied my docs and other stuff to the new drive. Now I have to reinstall all the crapola that I had amassed over the last year. Nice.

Thanks for your suggestions.

 

[spliffstar69]

dont know if you resolved your isses but here a link with some decent info
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[alm4rr]

Use search for the info- i posted a long response on this in another thread - give those tips a try
Thx