Urgent help: cloned HD upgrade w/ Acronis TI11 fail

[bcam]

I followed this procedure exactly (except for using Manual mode to adjust size of the hidden partition) using TI11, going from the stock 100GB to a 320 on my T60p:

I'm new to the forums and I've been using everyone's tips here to upgrade my stock Hitachi Travelstar 100GB to the 7K320 on my T60. So thank you everyone for contributing!

Here are the steps I took:
1) Backed up necessary files / folder in case cloning didn't work.
2) Installed Acronis True Image Home 2009 (DEMO doesn't allow disk cloning from boot CD)
3) Created Boot Disk (CD) for Acronis
4) Turned off computer, removed Old hard drive and placed it into USB SATA 2.5" Enclosure.
5) Installed New Hard Drive into T60. (Guide for installing / remove HD is available in the original T60 user guide).
6) Went into Bios to set SATA as "Compatible mode" - known to disable NCQ.
7) Plugged in USB Drive and Booted machine into Acronis and Cloned in "Automatic Mode". Took 30 mins and voila!

Performance has been very noticeable especially during software installation and virus scanning.

URGENT PROBLEM: now, when I boot up, I get the WinVista login screen, put in p-word, and when the circle stops spinning, instead of getting my desktop, the screen goes to black. Cursor is there, movable by mouse or trackpoint, but there's nothing I can do except ctrl-alt-del to get to task manaager, and then shut down.

Can someone PLEASE advise me pronto re. what's knocked out the video and how to fix it.

BTW, my fingerprint login is gone too -- but I'll worry about fixing that after I get the desktop/screen/Start Menu etc. back.

Thanks in advance.

[Harryc]

I don't see the reason for switching to compatibility mode before the clone if the old drive was AHCI. I would switch back to AHCI then try the clone again, this time select manual and do a sector by sector clone.