You are probably cloning the partition to a different partition size, and the BOOTSECT.WXP file is not correct according to the original partition size vs. the new partition size. After cloning the partition, on the new drive, insert the XP CD and boot from it, and choose "recovery console". When the RC finds the existing XP partition, as C, then login to that partition as admin, and type the following --
FIXBOOT C:
then reboot. This resizes the bootsect.WXP file to the correct size for the new partition. If that does not work, give up on the clone, and simply insert both original and new drives into another system and type --
xcopy D:\*.* E:\ /s/h/c/k/r/e
That will clone everything on the D drive to the X, as long as neither is the running drive, and you will have an exact duplicate as good as ghost can do, if not better, then you might have to do FIXBOOT C: again, if the partition sizes are different.
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by: centervPosted on 2006-10-27 at 19:02:41ID: 17824157
I can't help but feel that something is amiss in your images.
You're copying 2 drives to 2 partitions.
Should your image be of the full drive and ghosted to partition?
Are both drives bootable and you're ghosting to partitions on the same drive.
There would be a problem with the boot.ini
In any event, look for the problem in those terms.
All else fails, insert the xp cd and do a repair install on the new imaged partition .