[off-topic] If you are thinking of booting from SSD...

[Daniel Pearson]

You need to just run a repair from the Windows 7 disc, takes a few 
minutes to do.

Regards,
*Daniel Pearson*
Flashware Solutions Ltd
London, UK / Perth, AU / Guinea & Liberia (West Africa)
+44 (0) 7857 147 620 | daniel at flashware.net
On 23/06/2012 12:39 PM, Jim Householder wrote:
> On 06/23/12 17:24, Leon Wright wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Jim Householder 
>> <nofixed at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>>> On 06/22/12 21:57, Jim Householder wrote:
>>>>
>>>> For those of you with dual-boot systems with MS, beware.
>>>> I just got a 120GB Silicon Power SSD, and find that Win7 does not
>>>> recognise it for installation.
>>>>
>>>> I used clonezilla to copy the Windows 7 partition to the new SSD 
>>>> but due
>>>> to complicating factors like drive geometry, etc.etc. it would not 
>>>> boot.
>>>>   I tried to use a Windows Backup System Image, but restore said no
>>>> drive available.
>>>
>>>
>>> I used both partclone and sector-by-sector copy.  I suspect that 
>>> both gave
>>> me good copies.  I also ran partclone.ntfsfixboot which gave no errors.
>>>
>>> The problem appears to be that Windows 7 does not recognise the 
>>> device as a
>>> disk drive, and will not use it.
>>
>> I'd be surprised if it's a driver issue. You can pretty much just dump
>> the files on an NTFS partition and as long as the MBR is correct (or
>> grub etc) it should boot. Getting the MBR correct can be a mission in
>> frustration. How does grub etc call windows boot?
>
> Same as it always has:
>
> Title Windows
> root (hd0,0)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
> It gets me a MS text screen telling me that
>
> Windows failed to start.  A recent hardware or software change might 
> be the cause.  To fix the problem:
> 1.  Insert your windows installation disc...
>
> So grub is successful, but the Windows loader is not.
>
> How does this relate to a genuine Windows installation disc not 
> recognising the drive?
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