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Cloned hdd won't boot
Name: vulcan4d Date: October 30, 2004 at 00:48:58 Pacific OS: XpPRO CPU/Ram: 1700+, 512mb
Comment:
I used Norton Ghost to clone my old hdd to my new one, but the new one won't boot giving me an error. I'm pretty sure I know why though, however I don't know how to work around it.
You see my first hdd has 2 partitions, c&d. Most of my stuff including windows is in d, however I'm guessing the system boot files got installed in c. Therefore when I copied all the stuff in d, to my new hdd, the system files weren't copied.
I got way too much stuff to re-install all over again. I need to clone my hdd, however under these circumstances I don't know how to proceed. Anyone have any suggestions?
Name: Ed in Texas. Date: October 30, 2004 at 01:00:20 Pacific
Reply:
valkk, sorta roundabout, SWAG, seems like you should be able to install the HDD as a slave drive and make it searchable. Put the files where they need to be? HTH. Ed in Texas.
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Response Number 2
Name: Sci-Guy Date: October 30, 2004 at 05:24:28 Pacific
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Did you clone the whole hard drive (both partitions)? If so, you should be able to boot from the XP CD and do a repair install.
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Response Number 3
Name: ferg6 Date: October 30, 2004 at 07:25:46 Pacific
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.You will only be able to boot from drive C so if your cloned drive is on anything other than C the boot information is not available Stewart
Bit of a wit....half to be precise.
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Response Number 4
Name: ham30 Date: October 30, 2004 at 13:21:14 Pacific
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"Therefore when I copied all the stuff in d, to my new hdd, the system files weren't copied."
That's pretty close to being correct. When you Ghost a partition (not a drive) the Master Boot Record is not imaged.
I've never tried it, but it might be possible to use a program to save the MBR from the original drive and copy it to the new drive. I have seen programs in the past that would do it, but I don't remember a name.
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Response Number 5
Name: ham30 Date: October 30, 2004 at 13:23:55 Pacific
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Of course the new drive will have to be reconfigured as D:. Like mentioned earlier, you cannot install an OS on D:, chnage it to C: and have it work.
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