Cloned Drive won't boot on Dell 1600SC

It's possible that the issue you're experiencing is due to the fact that the boot order in your BIOS is set to boot from the SSD first, and the cloned hard drive is not being recognized as a bootable device.
One way to fix this would be to change the boot order in your BIOS settings so that the hard drive is listed before the SSD. To do this, you will need to restart your computer and enter the BIOS setup by pressing a key (usually F2, F10, or Del) during the boot process. Once you are in the BIOS setup, you can use the arrow keys to navigate to the "Boot" menu and change the order of the boot devices.
Keep in mind that the specific steps to enter the BIOS and change the boot order may vary depending on your motherboard and BIOS version. You may want to refer to the documentation for your computer or motherboard for more specific instructions.
If you have already tried changing the boot order and are still having trouble booting from the cloned hard drive, there may be other issues at play. For example, the hard drive may not be properly formatted or may have some other problem that is preventing it from booting. You may want to try using a disk utility like Disk Management in Windows to check the status of the hard drive and see if there are any errors that need to be fixed.

the 7b is a hard drive controller issue the controller on one computer is not the same as the other. maybe try the ultimate boot cd to clear the problem

You can do it from BIOS

try installing afresh from scratch.....
dont clone
try use a smaller partition for C (say 60 - 80GB)
boot from the XP disk(change boot seq in BIOS to boot from CDROM)
and install fresh copy....

Cloning Hard drive using Cloning Softwares doesn't affect the BIOS. Maybe there's something wrong with your hard drive, try other HDD.

it can only clone the windows files and folders there is other files located on a hidden system on the hard drive, when you install and new hard drive these file are fixed to the drive. to make a bootable drive you need to install these files from a windows disc then add clone files over the top so these files don't get deleted.

Hi

Need to know how far it boots, eg past cmos screen, ??Win screen

Also some laptops will only accept hard drives up to certain sizes. Check in the Bios as to whether that size drive is actually supported.

hv u tried booting from other CDs .
if u can boot from other CDs , then this 2003 CD is botched , change it.

You can try upgrading the BIOS:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/modelContent.jsp?ct=DL&os=&category=&moid=713738&rpn=PSA60U&modelFilter=A60-S166&selCategory=3&selFamily=1073768663&selModel=713738|PSA60U

I don't know that's going to do it for you.

This software will allow you to backup and restore the BIOS, just in case, as well as give you another tool to try cloning the drive itself:
http://ping.windowsdream.com/

nope not if its in vista u would nee dto dual boot dl alll latest drivers software for vista then mosttime it works on older stuff