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I have a similiar problem.
I have a IBM laptop 600e with XP.
I remove the 3 gig, 2.5 inch HD and put it onto an IBM Intellistation running GHOST 9.0 on Windows 2000. I copy the 3 gig 2.5 inch HD onto another 6 gig 2.5 inch HD with 2.5 to IDE adaptors. Everything copies fine and I can read the disk.
When I try to boot on the laptop, "I get a blinking CURSOR on the upper left corner." Sound familiar?
NOW GET THIS.
I repeat this process with another 6 gig HD and also a 10 gig HD with WINDOWS 2000 in which case the copy works.
I also tried Acronis True image which did the same. Last hope is creating a backup image and than recover to the 6 gig HD and try to boot.