On 2014-05-03 03:44 (GMT+0200) Carlos E. R. composed:
James Knott wrote:
wouldn't the ID be the same, as I have the same partition layout as before?
No, the ID is the disk ID, not part of the partition layout. Just run "fdisk -l /dev/..." on each disk (old and new) and you will clearly see an entry labelled "disk identifier". If it is different, Windows will refuse to run. There is a menu entry in fdisk to change it, in the "extra functionality" menu.
I'm puzzled by Carlos' response. AFAIK, entries in /dev/disk/by-id/ are unique to each individual HD, not something that can be altered, but would likely be at least a component of the ID the Windows hardware identification system is using. As is normal for him, James has provided limited information about what he did, e.g. his meaning of his words "move" and "installing". It's entirely unclear whether he cloned with a true cloner, or used a partitioner to create partitions which he created filesystems on then copied to, or some mix of functions, or whether anything was done to ensure the new HD had anything in it other than what's in its last 66 bytes. I've seen no clear indication of whether his failure to boot Windows on the new HD happens while the old remains attached or not, and whether external case is USB2, USB3 or eSATA. What disk identifier did he change, and where did he make the change? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org