cloning from old IDE to new SCSI disk?

[lodonovan]

Hi,

I am attemping to clone an entire IDE disk, and to put the contents onto a new SCSI disk. I am then removing the IDE drive and booting from the new SCSI disk.
Every seems to go OK from within True Image 9.0, but then on reboot, Windows starts to boot, and then I get an error message saying I should run checkdsk, and then the PC reboots.
I have been able to do this from old IDE to new IDE disk.
All of the above is running under VMWare Workstation 4.0.

I thought that True Image 9.0 allowed cloning to dissimilar hardware, was I mistaken?

Any Ideas?
Liam.

[Acronis Support]

Hello lodonovan,

Thank you for choosing Acronis Disk Backup Software (http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/).

Here is the basic scheme of transferring the operating system to a different hardware:

- Prepare your Windows for transferring using Microsoft System Preparation Tool (sysprep) as it is described in this FAQ article (http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/faq.html/#30);

- Either create an image of the prepared Windows and then restore this image to the desired location or use Clone Disk wizard to transfer the entire contents of your old hard drive to the new disk;

- Try to boot as usual;

- If it does not boot then please do the following (depending on the operating system you use):

- Boot the computer from Windows 95/98/ME Startup Disk and run "fdisk /mbr" command;

- Boot the computer from Windows 2000/XP Installation CD and run "fixmbr" command in Recovery Console;

- In case it still does not boot, perform Windows Repair Installation as it is described in Acronis Help Post (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=55317).

Please be aware that we do not guarantee the successful transferring of your operating system to a different hardware. Actually, no one can guarantee this.

Thank you.
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Kirill Omelchenko