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Trouble booting to 200GB drive

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slud

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I've been trying to clone my existing 120GB boot drive to a new 200GB drive. After after each (lenghty) clone operation, I get an "Operating system not found" message.

I'm running Windows Pro SP2 and have a A7N8X Deluxe (Nforce2) mobo with the latest BIOS update.

As a slave drive, Windows has no trouble recognizing and using the full capacity of the 200GB drive.

I've tried the clone using Norton Ghost, Acronis Trueimage and Seagates Data LifeGuard utility. Each of the clone operations seems to complete successfully (I can read the drive as slave and see that all the files are there), but never boots after I put it as the master on the primary IDE ribbon.

I even tried fixmbr from the recovery console, but that didn't help any.

I've also tried different settings in the BIOS for the drive addressing scheme: Auto, LBA, "Large" (whatever that means), but haven't had any luck.

Is there a resolution to this situation, or am I stuck with a <137GB boot drive forever?

Any suggestions appreciated.
 
Norton Ghost 9, but I don't think the clone software is the problem.

I tried installing Windows from CD to the 200GB drive and it didn't get past the first reboot.
 
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