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Cloned HD in XP won't boot
I cloned a 4GB XP drive that had less than 100MB of free space to a 40GB and then resized it using Partition Magic. There were some problems getting it to copy.
My first step was to try to backup it to up to CD using Norton Ghost, but the lack of free space corrupted the temp DOS boot partition and it took me 2 hours to remove it to boot back into XP.
After the copy process using PM in DOS failed a couple of times it finally succeeded, but after changing the 40GB slave to the Master it wouldn't boot at all.
When it is the Slave, the data is present and appears to be an exact clone.
What steps can I try to get the 40GB drive to boot? Is there a way to read and see if the MDR or boot.ini is configured correctly. Are there remnants of Ghost that may have been cloned and still need to be deleted?
Thanks
My first step was to try to backup it to up to CD using Norton Ghost, but the lack of free space corrupted the temp DOS boot partition and it took me 2 hours to remove it to boot back into XP.
After the copy process using PM in DOS failed a couple of times it finally succeeded, but after changing the 40GB slave to the Master it wouldn't boot at all.
When it is the Slave, the data is present and appears to be an exact clone.
What steps can I try to get the 40GB drive to boot? Is there a way to read and see if the MDR or boot.ini is configured correctly. Are there remnants of Ghost that may have been cloned and still need to be deleted?
Thanks
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I am still new to this process and hope I fairly split the points and the grade.
The solution was different from suggestions offered, but they helped me choose the correct direction.
If I made a mistake with the points and grade I'd appreciate constructive suggestions and I'll do my best to do better in the future.
Thanks to all.
The solution was different from suggestions offered, but they helped me choose the correct direction.
If I made a mistake with the points and grade I'd appreciate constructive suggestions and I'll do my best to do better in the future.
Thanks to all.
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I printed out all your suggestions to try.
But the first thing I did was upgrade to a new 80GB HD because I noticed the date on the 40gb stated it was built in 01-2001. I was afraid that even if I could get it to boot it may be getting old and susceptible to failure.
So I bought a Seagate 80gb and used the Discwizard 2003 utility that came with it to partition the drive and copy files to it.
That worked and I was impressed that it worked in winXP and didn't have to boot to DOS like Partition Magic and Ghost have to.
I split the 80gb into two 40GB partitions and put the old 40GB in as a backup.
The only problem that still occurs is I can't seem to use Partition Magic to resize or copy partitions because it reports there is an error on Disk 1 and wants to repair it.
When I tried doing that before, the fix wiped out the drive. Is disk 1 the 40GB backup drive or the 80GB primary active boot drive? I don't want to lose the boot drive.
(Where can I read the EE rules for designating who gets the points I offered?)
Thanks.