Try getting an MS DOS disc out and use FDISK /MBR. That might do it. Regards,
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Maki Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 1:48 PM To: 'The Hardware List' Subject: [H] Making system drive bootable -- HELP! I installed 2 new drives on my system yesterday. When I restored the image (Acronis True Image 8.0), the drive will no longer boot. I have tried many different methods, none worked. I get the error message "Error Loading Operating System" or "No Operating system found". I am trying to restore to a SATA RAID (it was previously located on a SATA RAID with different drives). I restored the image to an old EIDE drive and the system is up and running, albeit extremely slow (it is an old 8.4 GB IBM Deskstar ATA33), so I know the image is alright. I am sure there is something I am missing and would appreciate a push in the right direction. The SATA RAID is up and running. I have set the BIOS to boot from the SATA RAID. I have enabled the SATA RAID in the BIOS. If I do a fresh install to the SATA RAID, it works fine (but I don't relish doing a complete re-install at this time). If I try to restore the image to the freshly created install, it gives the "error loading operating system" error message on boot. If I then attempt to restore an image of the fresh install, it also fails. I have tried several of the 'fix" commands from the repair install from Win XP (fixmbr, fixboot, or something similar -- sorry, don't have it in front of me). Any help would be very appreciated. I have struggled with this for over a day now and it is getting old. I know I have restored the boot image numerous times. This is the first time I have attempted to restore it to a new drive. Thanks for any suggestions. Jim Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
