using partition magic 8 to clone a hard drive help

[jjrodezno]

i bought a new hard drive to replace an old one except i didnt want to do a clean install just wanted to upgrade to a larger drive.
i got partition magic 8 (from a friend) and i copied the main partition onto the new drive following this guide
How to Ghost Copy Clone Duplicate Hard Drives Ghosting Cloning Duplicator Partition Magic 8 Symantec Norton Ghost Ranish Partition Manager-Best Computer Online Store Houston Buy Discount Prices Texas-Directron.com
i set the partition to be a primary partition and unhidden. i left the rest of the drive as unallocated space (figured i could just format it once i got the new drive going)
everything was copied successfully (i know because i can see the files through windows explorer) but it wont boot from the new drive.
gives me a boot fail press f1 to retry or f2 for setup (f2 takes me to bios)
does it matter that its a dell?
any suggestions would be appreciated and thanks in advance

Edit: i found out by reading the powerquest help file (f1) that the partition must be set to "active"
i dont think ive done that so i will try and post back if it worked or not

Edit: ok i tried it yesterday and although the drive was recognized as an active partition it gave me an error saying there was no operating system

 

[sPlAtOiD]

The easiest way to do what you want is to use Norton ghost. Its soooo easy. You just need to make 2 ghost floppies to boot from. or you can use the CD ROM also.

 

[sPlAtOiD]

Send me a private message and I can help you out.

 

[EricB]

it's easier to boot from the pm cd and clone it then. never clone from ide to sata or vice versa

 

[jjrodezno]

i had initially thought of getting ghost to clone the hdd but opted against it because all the guides i read required floppy disks and i dont have a floppy drive haha
but if it comes in cd format too then it shouldnt be a problem

 

[EricB]

i had initially thought of getting ghost to clone the hdd but opted against it because all the guides i read required floppy disks and i dont have a floppy drive haha
but if it comes in cd format too then it shouldnt be a problem

it does. you can use either program. what's your hard drive type?