Software mirror - boot problem

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I am working on a 2000 server that has a software mirror.
The original task was to install larger hard drives. First
I copied data to another server and copied the boot.ini,
ntldr, and ntdetect files to a floppy. I removed the
mirror and tried to ghost the drive. I ran into problem
ghosting the drive because it is dynamic. I added one of
the larger drives to the server and mirrored it to the
old, smaller drive and I copied the boot.ini, ntldr, and
ntdetect from my floppy to the larger drive. I removed the
mirror and tried to boot. When booting from the floppy,
everything works, however when booting from the c:, I
get "u æ u æ" while searching for bootable files. I
checked the boot.ini for the correct disk and it looks
correct. I have now installed the second drive and
mirrored it.

Thanks
 
Is the partition marked active?
Have you tried fixmbr from Recovery Console?

167045 Reasons Why Windows NT Does Not Boot From a Shadow Mirror Drive
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=167045

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I am working on a 2000 server that has a software mirror.
The original task was to install larger hard drives. First
I copied data to another server and copied the boot.ini,
ntldr, and ntdetect files to a floppy. I removed the
mirror and tried to ghost the drive. I ran into problem
ghosting the drive because it is dynamic. I added one of
the larger drives to the server and mirrored it to the
old, smaller drive and I copied the boot.ini, ntldr, and
ntdetect from my floppy to the larger drive. I removed the
mirror and tried to boot. When booting from the floppy,
everything works, however when booting from the c:, I
get "u æ u æ" while searching for bootable files. I
checked the boot.ini for the correct disk and it looks
correct. I have now installed the second drive and
mirrored it.

Thanks
 
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