How do I copy contents of one HD to another?

[p.dath]

On another note, I tried to reinstall Ubuntu on my mums computer, and whenever I put a CD with the OS into the CD drive and set the BIOS to load from the CD, it just says that no OS is detected. I tried again with 2 other OSs and the same message appears. It's not the OS discs that are the issue, as I put the HD from that computer in my computer and installed Windows 7 onto it just fine, but the same copy of 7 won't even be detected on the other computer.

I'm thinking it's an issue with the BIOS, or that the motherboard is phucked.

Although you set it to boot from CD, I get the impression that it is not booting from CD. Is the BIOS showing that there is CD/DVD drive attached?

And it is possible you simply have a damaged DVD drive. You could perhaps try a different DVD drive in that machine, rather than swapping hard drives.

And I guess I had better not assume the obvious. Are you trying to boot from a DVD, and do you definitely have a DVD drive in the machine, and not just a CD drive?

And unless the machines are of a similar type, you may not be able to move a Windows 7 hard drive from one machine to another and have it boot successfully. You may be able ot boot off the Windows 7 DVD though, and select to repair the boot process.

[Gremlin]

As a side to that... it could also be a bad burn of the disc.

[SMOKEU]

Although you set it to boot from CD, I get the impression that it is not booting from CD. Is the BIOS showing that there is CD/DVD drive attached?

And it is possible you simply have a damaged DVD drive. You could perhaps try a different DVD drive in that machine, rather than swapping hard drives.

And I guess I had better not assume the obvious. Are you trying to boot from a DVD, and do you definitely have a DVD drive in the machine, and not just a CD drive?

I tried swapping CD/DVD drive with a different one and the same problem happens. The BIOS does show the drive is attached, and I have tried swapping the DVD drive onto a different IDE port on the motherboard. I'll try giving the BIOS a reflash and see if that helps. I gave it another shot and it's installing fine now. Problem solved.

As a side to that... it could also be a bad burn of the disc.

The same Windows 7 disc installed fine on my computer.