Quote Originally Posted by Darren King View Post
So ruling out imaging technique that leaves hard disk type. When you can, let me know the model HDD that was used
Another thing to consider is that newer Sata drives are 3Gbps drives while the older ones are 1.5Gbps and some older Sata controller will not work with the newer drives unless you jumper it to the slower setting. (Speaking from experience with an older VIA motherboard).