Can't see a WD 120Gb SE in Norton Ghost

[kj1212]

I'm adding the above drive to my system, then will be making it my primary drive by using Ghost, but I can't get it to be recognized in Ghost, or under 'my computer'. I'm running xp pro, and the jumper on the new drive is set to 'cs'. I have both hd on separate ide cables, with nothing else attached. Thanks for any help.

[RicheemxX]

if its the only drive on that channel set it to master then check the bios and make sure you have it set to auto detect. I've made that mistake a time or two

[kj1212]

I have it now where I can see it in Windows, and make a clone of it on Ghost, but I can't boot from the new drive no matter what I try. I tried booting with it connected as the primary master with nothing else connected to the ide cables. What happens after that depends on where I have the jumper settings at. When it's set as the master, it locks up right before the bios screen pops up. When it's on any other setting, including w/ no jumper at all, it makes it all the way to the choose user screen in xp, but the blue screen with the windows xp logo comes up, and locks up there. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[DoctorReno]

Windows will only let you boot from the C: drive which means it has to be on the Primary IDE cable and set as Master.

What are the specs on your original drive? I'm guessing that the performance with your new drive is better and you would want it as your primary.

There is no reason why both HD's cannot/should not be on the same IDE cable and your optical devices on the secondary IDE. In fact on some MoBo's chipsets puttting a HD on the same IDE channel as the optical devices will result in poorer performance.

IMO I suggest you reconsider how you have your drives configured.

[dirtyoldm]

I had a similar problem, it's a bug or F-U in XP.
Try this as a last resort before you reload XP on your new drive. It's posted at
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/r1004676718

BACK UP FIRST! Note your Ghost copy can be restored even if it won't boot.
The idea is to remotely edit the Registry on the backup (new) drive to swap
which drive letters are associated with which physical drive:

Boot XP normally with both drives.
On mine, the boot drive is E: and the Ghosted backup on the 2nd drive is G:.
Run the regular Regedit, not Regedit32.
Hilite the HKLM key.
Use File\Load Hive to load G:\WINNT\System32\Config\SYSTEM, naming it SYS-G
or anything easily recognized.
Go to HKLM\SYS-G\MountedDevices\DosDevices\letter
Swap C D, E G
by temporarily renaming to X: then swap, twice. YOURS WILL BE DIFFERENT!! Probably just C and D.

Hilight the SYS-G hive, do a File\Unload Hive.
I reloaded SYS-G, rechecked by comparing strings at right, then unloaded again.

Now if it will boot you can add your old drive with no problems. He said boldly!