You did the clone the wrong way around. If you use a USB enclosure, put the *original* drive in the enclosure and the new drive in the ThinkPad. Then clone from the USB drive to the internal drive.
That way you avoid the drive geometry issues the others have mentioned. I put a 640GB drive in my new W510, and I cloned the original drive using the method above (new drive in the ThinkPad). I used ShadowProtect Desktop, but Acronis should work as well. -Mike On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 5:26 PM, richard <[email protected]> wrote: > I just got a new Fujistu 500gb drive to replace a failing 320gb drive in my > x61s. I used Acronis Home to clone the drive via a USB enclosure. When I > put the new drive into the computer and started up, the bios found it, but > then nothing happened. All I got was a cursor blinking in the upper left > corner after the bios startup and bios security sign-on. I tried using the > rescue function of a Windows install CD, but it couldn't see the new drive. > > The new drive seems to otherwise work. When I boot with the old drive and > put the new drive in the USB enclosure, I can see all the files. > > I have the feeling I'm missing something obvious. Any suggestions? > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
