Booting from SSD
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From: ElJerid on 11 Feb 2010 12:27 I have a HD with 2 partitions: C for system (XP Pro) and programs, and D for data. I installed an 80 GB Intel SSD and copied the partition C to the SSD using Acronis. Checked the SSD partition and all files from the C disk are present. Went to bios and changed boot priority from C to SSD. When I reboot however, I get the message " no valid OS detected..." What am I doing wrong? Any idea? I searched the net, but didn' t find a solution. Thanks for help.
From: Bryce on 11 Feb 2010 13:16 ElJerid wrote: > I have a HD with 2 partitions: C for system (XP Pro) and > programs, and D for data. I installed an 80 GB Intel SSD > and copied the partition C to the SSD using Acronis. > Checked the SSD partition and all files from the C disk > are present. Went to bios and changed boot priority from C > to SSD. When I reboot however, I get the message " no > valid OS detected..." What am I doing wrong? Any idea? I > searched the net, but didn' t find a solution. Thanks for > help. Did you create a master boot record on the SSD? Something like fixmbr or fixboot should do it.
From: Grinder on 11 Feb 2010 13:16 On 2/11/2010 11:27 AM, ElJerid wrote: > I have a HD with 2 partitions: C for system (XP Pro) and programs, and D for > data. I installed an 80 GB Intel SSD and copied the partition C to the SSD > using Acronis. Checked the SSD partition and all files from the C disk are > present. Went to bios and changed boot priority from C to SSD. When I > reboot however, I get the message " no valid OS detected..." > What am I doing wrong? Any idea? I searched the net, but didn' t find a > solution. It sounds like you may not have the master boot record copied over. Boot with an XP disk, and get a command line by using the Repair option. Use fixmbr to write a suitable mbr on on your SSD.
From: ElJerid on 11 Feb 2010 16:15 "Grinder" <grinder(a)no.spam.maam.com> wrote in message news:JsOdnfTrs4ox1OnWnZ2dnUVZ_gZi4p2d(a)mchsi.com... > On 2/11/2010 11:27 AM, ElJerid wrote: >> I have a HD with 2 partitions: C for system (XP Pro) and programs, and D >> for >> data. I installed an 80 GB Intel SSD and copied the partition C to the >> SSD >> using Acronis. Checked the SSD partition and all files from the C disk >> are >> present. Went to bios and changed boot priority from C to SSD. When I >> reboot however, I get the message " no valid OS detected..." >> What am I doing wrong? Any idea? I searched the net, but didn' t find a >> solution. > > It sounds like you may not have the master boot record copied over. Boot > with an XP disk, and get a command line by using the Repair option. Use > fixmbr to write a suitable mbr on on your SSD. > Thanks for your help! MBR could indeed be the problem. Acronis offers the option to copy the mbr, but doing so resulted in an error while creating the image file. So I created the image file without this option, but then got the warning: "You are about to recover a partition containing OS files to an existing non-active dynamic volume. Activation of dynamic volumes is not supported. System will be unbootable." Tomorrow I will try to fix the mbr with the Repair option.
From: Grinder on 11 Feb 2010 16:15
On 2/11/2010 3:15 PM, ElJerid wrote: > "Grinder"<grinder(a)no.spam.maam.com> wrote in message > news:JsOdnfTrs4ox1OnWnZ2dnUVZ_gZi4p2d(a)mchsi.com... >> On 2/11/2010 11:27 AM, ElJerid wrote: >>> I have a HD with 2 partitions: C for system (XP Pro) and programs, and D >>> for >>> data. I installed an 80 GB Intel SSD and copied the partition C to the >>> SSD >>> using Acronis. Checked the SSD partition and all files from the C disk >>> are >>> present. Went to bios and changed boot priority from C to SSD. When I >>> reboot however, I get the message " no valid OS detected..." >>> What am I doing wrong? Any idea? I searched the net, but didn' t find a >>> solution. >> >> It sounds like you may not have the master boot record copied over. Boot >> with an XP disk, and get a command line by using the Repair option. Use >> fixmbr to write a suitable mbr on on your SSD. >> > Thanks for your help! > MBR could indeed be the problem. Acronis offers the option to copy the mbr, > but doing so resulted in an error while creating the image file. So I > created the image file without this option, but then got the warning: "You > are about to recover a partition containing OS files to an existing > non-active dynamic volume. Activation of dynamic volumes is not supported. > System will be unbootable." > Tomorrow I will try to fix the mbr with the Repair option. Ah, if you have a dynamic volume, you might have additional problems. Still, it's worth must fixing the mbr as you have a backup. |