[crypto]

I cloned my 80gb Raptor drive onto a new 500gb WD drive using HD Clone 3.6 pro.
The 500 Gb drive has 2 partitions of equal size.
I did a partition to partition and I cloned the 80gb partition ( C:\) onto the first partition of the 500 gb drive.
The BIOS sees the 500GB drive just fine and it is set to be the first boot device.
When I boot the machine with 500gb hard drive, it doesn't boot and immediately tries to boot from the NIC.

Please help.

[Alex]

The 500GB drive is probably missing the Master Boot Record.

Depending on the Operating System you run, there are different methods for restoring the master boot record. On Windows XP, you need the installation CD, boot from this CD. On the first screen of the Windows Setup program, select "R" and on the next screen, select "K" to run the Recovery Console.

Now, enter the following command

fixmbr

Under Vista, you simply have to insert the installation DVD in your drive and run the bootsect.exe program from its \boot directory (let's assume D: is your DVD drive:)

D:\boot\bootsect.exe -NT60 All