System recovery woes

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>I have a new mainboard and all new controllers.  Now I need to
>restore.  Putting data back on disk is not a problem, but getting it
>to boot is surprisingly hard.  This is where I could use some help.
>The system was Natty, and that's how I'm trying to restore it.

When weird things happen, there's always a reason. Finding the reason can be
the hard part for people without experience.

If you're reusing the hard drives, make sure you check the SMART data for
each drive with gnome-disk-utility. If you have reallocated sectors on any
drive, replace it.

Power supplies shouldn't be overlooked either. I've replaced many for bad
capacitors and burned components inside.