On 15 April 2012, at 01:18, Dale wrote: >> … >> As we are out of rational ideas, have you tried unplugging the old disk? >> You don't need it for booting at the moment, right? AS SATA is >> hot-plugin capable, you can re-insert it later. > > Well, if I unplug it, how am I going to change the partitions and copy > the OS back over to it? I have not tested the hot plug thingy yet. > Yea, it is supposed to work but . . .
Just boot the computer from the new disk without the old one in, to start with. Something may suddenly make sense when you do so. Stroller.