I just got a 250GB SATA-II HDD, installed it, and decided--to make my editing programs run faster--that I would copy my bootup partition onto this new drive, delete the old partition, and boot up like a happy clam.
Well that's what I did with Partition Magic 8.0 and things have gone horribly wrong.
It seems that now I can't boot up at all. I'm sure I made this new (copied) partition primary and active in Partition Magic 8.0! Obviously though, my computer does not agree with me. What can I do? (FYI, when I select the new drive to boot up, the BIOS says, "NTDLR is missing, press Crtl-Alt-Del to restart")
I've tried using fdisk, but when I go into the "set active partition" menu, although it shows two partitions (one of them the copied bootup), it says "no partitions available to set active." I guess all my drives are NTFS, but still, there is an "A" before the copied bootup partition! Doesn't that mean it IS active?
I've even tried re-installing windows. It doesn't work! It says every partition is not Windows XP-compatible! Even when I delete an empty, formated partition and ask XP to install there, it even rejects that!
Can anyone help me with this? I REALLY need my computer! Don't let a fellow nerd commit suicide!
