Sorry for the OT, not doing a lot of hardware at the moment, and hoping those of you out there who are doing this everyday might be able to assist:
OK, so I have got a frankenclone machine at home that I wanted to update with a larger HD and load Windows 7 on, currently has Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Basic specs: MSI P6NGM2-L Motherboard Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 2.5Ghz 2M 2G DDR2 RAM 300G WD HD DVD R/W drive So I order a new WD 1.5TB SATA HD, and swap out the old drive for the new one, then try to boot from the OS DVD. BIOS sees the new drive, but unable to load Windows 7 on it. Tried different media, different versions of ISO images, tried retail version DVD, tried a different DVD drive. Nothing works. I then tried loading an older OS (Windows Vista, Windows XP) all of which see the new HD, but when it reboots for the first time after formatting and copying files it continuously reboots. So it's not specific to W7. Almost like something is screwed up with the MBR. Is there any kind of incompatibility that my current MB won’t support a newer drive of this size? Is there some kind of SATA compatibility I should be looking for on a new HD for a 2 year old MB (purchased in 2/2009)? I have checked and I do have the latest version of the BIOS. Not opposed to swapping out the MB, but would like a better idea of why it won’t work. Thanks Chris Bodnar, MCSE Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
