Disk Boot Failure problem

I have a WD 120 gig drive. I'm trying to move the entire contents of a
40 gig WD drive onto the 120 gig. I tried using Ghost to do an image
of the 40 gig drive, then restored the image to the 120 gig drive.
Once that was done, I got Boot Drive Failure--Insert Boot Disk.
I used FDisk to repartition, format, restored the Ghost file, and got
the same thing. I then used WD's Lifeguard utility to prepare the disk
again and set it as a bootable disk and Lifeguard copied the entire
contents of the 40 to the 120. Still getting Boot Drive Failure once I
reboot with the 120 as the only drive present. The bios sees the drive
and recognizes it as 120 gigs. If I boot with a Win98 boot disk, I can
see all the files. I've tried different cables.
What am I missing?
Thanks.


ben

"atDFN" <beakin RemoveThis @dfn.com> wrote in message
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 > I have a WD 120 gig drive. I'm trying to move the entire contents of a
 > 40 gig WD drive onto the 120 gig. I tried using Ghost to do an image
 > of the 40 gig drive, then restored the image to the 120 gig drive.
 > Once that was done, I got Boot Drive Failure--Insert Boot Disk.
 > I used FDisk to repartition, format, restored the Ghost file, and got
 > the same thing. I then used WD's Lifeguard utility to prepare the disk
 > again and set it as a bootable disk and Lifeguard copied the entire
 > contents of the 40 to the 120. Still getting Boot Drive Failure once I
 > reboot with the 120 as the only drive present. The bios sees the drive
 > and recognizes it as 120 gigs. If I boot with a Win98 boot disk, I can
 > see all the files. I've tried different cables.
 > What am I missing?
 > Thanks.
 >
 >
 > ben
 >

run fdisk and make sure the drive really is set active
(if not, do so)

otherwise...with your bootdisk

try doing sys C:
to make sure io.sys is really written to the bootsector

and if that still does not get you going
you may again need to bootup with your floppy and try

fdisk /mbr<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->