W701 clone drive issues

[CONDUCT]

OK I am a little lost here. I currently have W701 here and want to swap out the current HD with SSD HD but the software I am using Symantec Ghost is not working for some odd reason. It does not matter is a create image and apply to SSD drive or a clone drive to drive I still have the blinking cursor in top left. I even ran Windows 7 recovery disk and tried to rebuild the MBR but the MBR does not find the Boot partition. I can see the all the OS info on the SSD but even if I run a /ScanOs it says no OS found. I also have the same problem on another Lenovo. So is there some other software out there that I works?

Thanks

[Christian]

Hi,

I have cloned a few Lenovo's my self but it's been a while. I think there is a hidden partition that needs to be set to visible in the BIOS in order for the cloning software to see the whole disk. I usually use Acronis True Image 2010 which can also shrink/enlarge volumes as you see fit.

If all fails try installing IBM Rescue and Recovery and make a complete backup of your laptop then replace the disk and boot up on the recover CD and restore the image to the new disk.

Good luck!

/Christian

[Brad]

Welcome to the forum!

Try installing the SSD where the old drive was and then attempt the clone.

Brad

[CONDUCT]

Found out 8mb unpartitioned disk space is needed in front of the boot partition when applying the image to a new drive.

[chairsky]

Found out 8mb unpartitioned disk space is needed in front of the boot partition when applying the image to a new drive.

Would you please explain it in more details?
I had the same problem and finally gave up by reinstalling the OS.

[CONDUCT]

Hope this helps

[chairsky]

Thanks for the pic.
I hope I get it in the right way, does it mean that I'll need the partition the destination hard drive before disk cloning?

[CONDUCT]

Yes

[chairsky]

Thanks, CONDUCT, it really enlightened me