Cloning IBM Laptops

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dmackinnon · #1 Post by **dmackinnon** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 3:42 pm

I have tried using a 2.5 to 3.5 IDE HDD Adapter and ghost. I have used a desktop with the adapter and a laptop hdd attached to each. I am using Symantec Ghost. I am running into a problem I believe is the IBM Predesktop area. I have successfully cloned the source drive to the destination drive. When I place the newly cloned hdd back in the laptop I receive a blinking cursor. I have tried the same procedure with a dell and it works fine. I then took the original (source)drive and placed in the same laptop and it works. I can then take the drive that presented me with the blinking cursor and place it back in the desktop and access the files and verify that the folders are present from the source drive. I do not believe it is a ghost problem but an IBM Laptop Issue.

to no suprise IBM will not support this issue but tell me that it could be the IBM predesktop program. I then disabled it and receive the same result.

Any suggestions.....

snife · #2 Post by **snife** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:37 pm

It will be related to the predesktop area and the way Ghost copies and restores partitions when run normally - if you do a sector by sector clone it should work. If you let me know which model you have i may be able to give more advice.

dmackinnon · #3 Post by **dmackinnon** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 7:00 am

The model # is 2388-JU3 and 2388-CU2.

Thanks

Dave

dmackinnon · #4 Post by **dmackinnon** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 9:26 am

I have just performed a sector by sector clone by changing the options in Ghost and recloning the drive. Unfortunately, this did not work, I still receive a blinking cursor when placed in the laptop.

Dave

geobel · #5 Post by **geobel** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 11:41 am

This should be in FAQ... HDD image written in desktop and blinking cursor... Have read this problem many times in ThinkPad forums. ThinkPads do not recognize drives written in desktops via adapter (I do not exactly know why but it is fact). You have to put image on network and write image to HDD in ThinkPad. Alternatively use CDs. Maybe ultrabay HDD adapter will work also but writing from network has been proven to work.

Gosha

dmackinnon · #6 Post by **dmackinnon** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 12:05 pm

I have placed all of my ghost images on the Windows 2000 Server in a shared folder. I have tried to make a ghost network boot disk with my adapters driver but it states that there is not enough room on the disk. I cannot see an option to either span the disks or for CDRW. Therefore, how does one boot to the network.

Dave

#7 Post by **carbon_unit** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 12:14 pm

I have done it this way many times and it works for me but this has been with 570's and a 600. Not HPA type installs.

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Cloning IBM Laptops

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