Topic: NEWBIE: W2k boot partition move
Hello,
I don't know whether this is an often asked question, but couldn't find a solution through searching (or better am unsure about what I found).
Situtation:
I have a 40 GB disk with two NTFS partitions.
The boot partition (NTFS) resides in an extended partition.
The data partition (NTSF) is a separate partition.
Then there is a 400 GB new disc without any data on.
What did I do?
1) I tried to copy the extended partition of the 40 GB disc to the 400 GB disc. But that didn't work. Neither did work to create an extended partition and copy the boot partition into the newly created extended partition.
2) Copied the boot partition out of the extended partition and did resized its size (from 15 GB to 100 GB) to the new 400 GB disc. Rebooted system, chcksk took place and was succesful and saw the newly created copy.
3) Downed the system.
4) unplugged the 40 GB disc and made the 400 GB disc the master.
5) Upon restarting the system the system does not boot. (I supsect that it either doesn't find the MBR or needs something else to boot the new copy).
What do I have to do now to get the system to boot?
Start from the w2K installation CD and repair system (and re-apply the servicepack and other updates?)? Or is there something else to do?
thanks for any help
Markus