moved to larger hd on thinkpad, but getting flashing cursor?

[Guest Les Caudle]

I used Acronis to backup a 40GB drive and then restored to a 70GB drive.

 

I verified that the new partition is the active partition.

 

However, I'm just getting a flashing cursor.

 

What trick am I missing to perform a simple task like this. IBM is of no help,

of course.

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Thanks in advance, Les Caudle

[Guest Galen]

Re: moved to larger hd on thinkpad, but getting flashing cursor?

 

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

 

In news:gu9uc4h36nvaavugr16t61h7ccfbgb2fba@4ax.com,

Les Caudle <DotNetWannabe@newsgroup.nospam> typed:

 

> I used Acronis to backup a 40GB drive and then restored to a 70GB drive.

>

> I verified that the new partition is the active partition.

>

> However, I'm just getting a flashing cursor.

>

> What trick am I missing to perform a simple task like this. IBM is of no

> help,

> of course.

 

You may have to do a repair installation.

 

Repair Installation of XP:

http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/xprepair.html

 

You could also try this first:

 

Repairing a Multi-Boot:

http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/repair_multi-boot.html

 

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[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: moved to larger hd on thinkpad, but getting flashing cursor?

 

 

"Les Caudle" <DotNetWannabe@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message

news:gu9uc4h36nvaavugr16t61h7ccfbgb2fba@4ax.com...

>I used Acronis to backup a 40GB drive and then restored to a 70GB drive.

>

> I verified that the new partition is the active partition.

>

> However, I'm just getting a flashing cursor.

>

> What trick am I missing to perform a simple task like this. IBM is of no

> help,

> of course.

> --

> Thanks in advance, Les Caudle

 

This type of problem is far outside the scope of IBM responsibility, so I'm

not surprised that they refused to assist. Furthermore, the task of cloning

a disk is by no means simple, even though the Acronis people do their best

to take the edge off it.

 

The cause of this issue is most likely an incorrect CHS geometry setting of

your hard disk. You most likely need to restore the image onto a "Large"

disk but your current setting is probably "LBA". Unfortunately most Thinkpad

BIOSs do not give you the option of choosing this setting. You will have to

perform the restoration on a desktop PC where you can select either of the

three possible modes, then put the disk back into the laptop.

 

As I said, simple it ain't.