Quote Originally Posted by D_A View Post
q1: You've probably got a different video card in the new system. Hold down the left shift key while it's booting to get into the GRUB menu, then select the recovery option which should be the second one, then in the next menu select the one that refers to reconfiguring the X-server or video configuration or something like that and it will do it itself.
Worked like a charm. Thanks. Haven't had time to try the second question yet.