error loading os

[Guest]

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Hi,
I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple clone of my
Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial software. In
most cases I got as far as a login screen and it reverted to a plain blue
screen with cursor. I always remove Seagate before trying to boot with the
cloned Maxtor. The only thing that did consistently work was Acronis Migrate
Easy, but the problem is that you need to copy the entire disk. That means
overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it did work. Now
why did it, and not the others?

Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was getting 'error
loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back to Acronis, that was also
giving this message, and not even attempting to boot as it had previosly
done. I tried using sysprep with the same result.

Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using fdisk and
dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.

So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No, I get the
same message when it gets to the booting from disk stage.

Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I need to do
a low level format to get this drive back to normal shipping condition. If
so, could someone tell me how, and what software to use, as I've done this
before.

I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of people it
seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or Acronis. For many
others including me, it just doesn't seem to work, and I've seen the same
issues reported over and over with no workable solutions.

Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help. Thanks,

Dave Cockram

 

[anna]

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"David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> Hi,
> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple clone of my
> Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial software. In
> most cases I got as far as a login screen and it reverted to a plain blue
> screen with cursor. I always remove Seagate before trying to boot with the
> cloned Maxtor. The only thing that did consistently work was Acronis
> Migrate Easy, but the problem is that you need to copy the entire disk.
> That means overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it
> did work. Now why did it, and not the others?
>
> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was getting
> 'error loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back to Acronis, that
> was also giving this message, and not even attempting to boot as it had
> previosly done. I tried using sysprep with the same result.
>
> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using fdisk
> and dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>
> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No, I get
> the same message when it gets to the booting from disk stage.
>
> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I need to
> do a low level format to get this drive back to normal shipping condition.
> If so, could someone tell me how, and what software to use, as I've done
> this before.
>
> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of people it
> seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or Acronis. For many
> others including me, it just doesn't seem to work, and I've seen the same
> issues reported over and over with no workable solutions.
>
> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help. Thanks,
>
> Dave Cockram


Dave:
Let's take it step-by-step...
1. We're dealing with two internal HDs here, right? The Seagate is your
day-to-day bootable drive containing the XP OS and it's connected as Primary
Master while the Maxtor is a second internal HD (presumably a data drive -
non-bootable) either connected as Primary Slave or connected as Master or
Slave on your secondary IDE channel. Do I have this right?

2. You're certain that both drives are sound and that your source disk (the
Seagate) is free of any system files corruption that prevent it making a
normal boot, correct?

3. You're also certain that both drives are connected/configured properly,
i.e., correctly jumpered and securely connected with their IDE cables,
right?

4. When you say your objective is "to do a simple clone of my Seagate C:
partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.", are you talking about a disk-to-disk
clone of the entire contents of your Seagate drive to the Maxtor drive,
yes?. Or are you really dealing with cloning multi-partitioned drives here?

Please answer the above and then we can take you through the cloning process
step-by-step using Ghost 2003 (I prefer to work with that version using the
Ghost bootable floppy disk), it's included as a separate CD in the Ghost 9
package) or Acronis True Image (I prefer to work with the ATI bootable CD).
Anna

 

[Quintin]

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The guys above have covered all software backups pretty well, so could i
suggest another option?

Have you considered a RAID config? That may help in this...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/en-us/dnarntpro00/html/RAID.asp

heres all MS's infro on it
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=raid+how+site%3Amicrosoft.com&btnG=Search&hl=en

Good luck

Cheers

Quintin
MVP wannabe

"David Cockram" wrote:

> Hi,
> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple clone of my
> Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial software. In
> most cases I got as far as a login screen and it reverted to a plain blue
> screen with cursor. I always remove Seagate before trying to boot with the
> cloned Maxtor. The only thing that did consistently work was Acronis Migrate
> Easy, but the problem is that you need to copy the entire disk. That means
> overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it did work. Now
> why did it, and not the others?
>
> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was getting 'error
> loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back to Acronis, that was also
> giving this message, and not even attempting to boot as it had previosly
> done. I tried using sysprep with the same result.
>
> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using fdisk and
> dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>
> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No, I get the
> same message when it gets to the booting from disk stage.
>
> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I need to do
> a low level format to get this drive back to normal shipping condition. If
> so, could someone tell me how, and what software to use, as I've done this
> before.
>
> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of people it
> seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or Acronis. For many
> others including me, it just doesn't seem to work, and I've seen the same
> issues reported over and over with no workable solutions.
>
> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help. Thanks,
>
> Dave Cockram
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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On your Seagate drive, did you add the SATA drivers?? The SATA drivers may
need to be installed before you clone the drive??

"David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> Hi,
> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple clone of my
> Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial software. In
> most cases I got as far as a login screen and it reverted to a plain blue
> screen with cursor. I always remove Seagate before trying to boot with the
> cloned Maxtor. The only thing that did consistently work was Acronis
> Migrate Easy, but the problem is that you need to copy the entire disk.
> That means overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it
> did work. Now why did it, and not the others?
>
> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was getting
> 'error loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back to Acronis, that
> was also giving this message, and not even attempting to boot as it had
> previosly done. I tried using sysprep with the same result.
>
> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using fdisk
> and dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>
> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No, I get
> the same message when it gets to the booting from disk stage.
>
> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I need to
> do a low level format to get this drive back to normal shipping condition.
> If so, could someone tell me how, and what software to use, as I've done
> this before.
>
> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of people it
> seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or Acronis. For many
> others including me, it just doesn't seem to work, and I've seen the same
> issues reported over and over with no workable solutions.
>
> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help. Thanks,
>
> Dave Cockram
>

 

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David,

Try using the Maxtor as a SLAVE, first. Install the Maxtor software, from
CD to the Master HD. ONce done you have XP on the master with the necessary
files to enable reading of the Maxtor HD. Format the Maxtor to a single
Partition and then when complete use the ghost to copy from Master to SLave.
Now remove the Master, set the jumpers on the slave for Master and reboot. If
this doesn't work, ignore what I said, have a couple of shots of J.D. and
start over. Good Luck.



"David Cockram" wrote:

> Hi,
> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple clone of my
> Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial software. In
> most cases I got as far as a login screen and it reverted to a plain blue
> screen with cursor. I always remove Seagate before trying to boot with the
> cloned Maxtor. The only thing that did consistently work was Acronis Migrate
> Easy, but the problem is that you need to copy the entire disk. That means
> overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it did work. Now
> why did it, and not the others?
>
> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was getting 'error
> loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back to Acronis, that was also
> giving this message, and not even attempting to boot as it had previosly
> done. I tried using sysprep with the same result.
>
> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using fdisk and
> dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>
> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No, I get the
> same message when it gets to the booting from disk stage.
>
> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I need to do
> a low level format to get this drive back to normal shipping condition. If
> so, could someone tell me how, and what software to use, as I've done this
> before.
>
> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of people it
> seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or Acronis. For many
> others including me, it just doesn't seem to work, and I've seen the same
> issues reported over and over with no workable solutions.
>
> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help. Thanks,
>
> Dave Cockram
>
>
>

 

[jeff]

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Another thing that you might check is in your Bios to make sure that the
SATA drive is still set as the boot drive. My system will periodically drop
the Sata drive as the boot drive and I have to go into the Bios and reset it
as the boot drive. I have not found an answer as to why that happens but so
far everytime that I have recieved the error loading os that has been the
problem. Just a thought.

Jeff

"David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> Hi,
> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple clone of my
> Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial software. In
> most cases I got as far as a login screen and it reverted to a plain blue
> screen with cursor. I always remove Seagate before trying to boot with the
> cloned Maxtor. The only thing that did consistently work was Acronis
Migrate
> Easy, but the problem is that you need to copy the entire disk. That means
> overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it did work.
Now
> why did it, and not the others?
>
> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was getting
'error
> loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back to Acronis, that was
also
> giving this message, and not even attempting to boot as it had previosly
> done. I tried using sysprep with the same result.
>
> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using fdisk
and
> dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>
> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No, I get
the
> same message when it gets to the booting from disk stage.
>
> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I need to
do
> a low level format to get this drive back to normal shipping condition. If
> so, could someone tell me how, and what software to use, as I've done this
> before.
>
> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of people it
> seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or Acronis. For many
> others including me, it just doesn't seem to work, and I've seen the same
> issues reported over and over with no workable solutions.
>
> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help. Thanks,
>
> Dave Cockram
>
>

 

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"Jeff" <jefffby@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:42681fd0$2_3@newspeer2.tds.net...
> Another thing that you might check is in your Bios to make sure that the
> SATA drive is still set as the boot drive. My system will periodically
> drop
> the Sata drive as the boot drive and I have to go into the Bios and reset
> it
> as the boot drive. I have not found an answer as to why that happens but
> so
> far everytime that I have recieved the error loading os that has been the
> problem. Just a thought.
>
> Jeff
>

I seem to have found a cure for my particular “Error loading OS” problem.



I have two Maxtor SATA hard disc drives. These show up in my BIOS as
PM-Maxtor, and underneath SM-Maxtor (i.e. Primary and Secondary). The first
drive in this list, PM-Maxtor, is the boot drive containing the operating
system.



On boot-up, the BIOS looks for an operating system on the first drive in the
list only. Thus it looks on PM-Maxtor, finds the operating system, and boots
up.



However, about once a week on boot-up I got the “Error loading OS” message.
I noticed that in the BIOS, PM-Maxtor and SM-Maxtor had changed places. So
SM-Maxtor was being searched for the operating system – and it did not have
one of course.



I think I may have found out why this changeover was happening. The SATA
lead connecting the PM-Maxtor drive to the motherboard fitted very loosely
on the pins on the drive. At boot-up, with the metal cold, it was as though
the PM drive was not making good enough contact with the motherboard and was
not being properly detected by the BIOS.



I replaced the SATA connecting lead with one of a better quality that
gripped the connecting pins on the drive more firmly, and have not had the
“Error loading OS” message in four months. As it was happening weekly in the
two months prior to changing the lead, I think there is a strong possibility
that the problem, in my case at least, was caused by poor electrical
connections. (Once I suspected what was happening, I pushed the original
lead onto the drive tightly, where it lasted about a week before giving
trouble again.)



I should be interested to know what make of drive and SATA lead is being
used by anyone else with this problem.



Cycle.

 

[Guest]

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That's a very interesting idea. I hadn't realised you could just mirror a
particular partition with raid. However it wouldn't help me here as my main
reason is to have a clean installation of xp & programs which takes many
hours to reinstall. I had a problem prompted by all this whereby one of my
programs just stopped working, and it wouldn't reinstall. The mirror would
have an identical problem.


"Quintin" <Quintin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6428B0FA-F283-4CC6-BB41-085CD34CA768@microsoft.com...
> The guys above have covered all software backups pretty well, so could i
> suggest another option?
>
> Have you considered a RAID config? That may help in this...
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/en-us/dnarntpro00/html/RAID.asp
>
> heres all MS's infro on it
> http://www.google.com.au/search?q=raid+how+site%3Amicrosoft.com&btnG=Search&hl=en
>
> Good luck
>
> Cheers
>
> Quintin
> MVP wannabe
>
> "David Cockram" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple clone of my
>> Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
>> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial software. In
>> most cases I got as far as a login screen and it reverted to a plain blue
>> screen with cursor. I always remove Seagate before trying to boot with
>> the
>> cloned Maxtor. The only thing that did consistently work was Acronis
>> Migrate
>> Easy, but the problem is that you need to copy the entire disk. That
>> means
>> overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it did work.
>> Now
>> why did it, and not the others?
>>
>> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was getting
>> 'error
>> loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back to Acronis, that was
>> also
>> giving this message, and not even attempting to boot as it had previosly
>> done. I tried using sysprep with the same result.
>>
>> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using fdisk
>> and
>> dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
>> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>>
>> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No, I get
>> the
>> same message when it gets to the booting from disk stage.
>>
>> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I need to
>> do
>> a low level format to get this drive back to normal shipping condition.
>> If
>> so, could someone tell me how, and what software to use, as I've done
>> this
>> before.
>>
>> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of people it
>> seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or Acronis. For
>> many
>> others including me, it just doesn't seem to work, and I've seen the same
>> issues reported over and over with no workable solutions.
>>
>> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help. Thanks,
>>
>> Dave Cockram
>>
>>
>>

 

[Guest]

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OK, we're making some progress here. I can now make and restore a clone copy
in Acronis 8.0.

I need to follow these steps EXACTLY.

1. Don't format or give a drive letter to the recipient drive (Maxtor first
partition here)
2. Use Acronis from boot CD not XP
3. Swap SATA cables before rebooting so Maxtor drive is now on same cable as
original Seagate

And this is the killer - if I don't do one of these and the cloning process
fails, than it will ALWAYS fail UNTIL I do a disk copy with Acronis. This
overwrites my entire drive and it's not entirely convenient to ship out
100GB of data to somewhere else. (Andrew mentions earlier in the thread a
method using recovery console which I'll try if I need to in future.) And
bizarrely this not only clones the drive correctly, but it puts it back to
normal such that I can now successfully clone a partition.

So, what on earth is going on here? Why did the boot sector get screwed up
( I assume that's what it was) and why did none of the standard fixes for
this type of problem not work - fixboot /fixmbr?

I gather at least some of this is caused by me using SATA drives. Perhaps
there will be no such problems with Ghost 10.0 and Acronis 9.0?

Dave


"David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> Hi,
> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple clone of my
> Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial software. In
> most cases I got as far as a login screen and it reverted to a plain blue
> screen with cursor. I always remove Seagate before trying to boot with the
> cloned Maxtor. The only thing that did consistently work was Acronis
> Migrate Easy, but the problem is that you need to copy the entire disk.
> That means overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it
> did work. Now why did it, and not the others?
>
> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was getting
> 'error loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back to Acronis, that
> was also giving this message, and not even attempting to boot as it had
> previosly done. I tried using sysprep with the same result.
>
> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using fdisk
> and dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>
> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No, I get
> the same message when it gets to the booting from disk stage.
>
> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I need to
> do a low level format to get this drive back to normal shipping condition.
> If so, could someone tell me how, and what software to use, as I've done
> this before.
>
> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of people it
> seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or Acronis. For many
> others including me, it just doesn't seem to work, and I've seen the same
> issues reported over and over with no workable solutions.
>
> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help. Thanks,
>
> Dave Cockram
>

 

[Guest]

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Prior to the clone, delete all but the default value from
HKLM\system\mounteddevices.

--
Walter Clayton
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.


"David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:4268bb5e$0$300$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> OK, we're making some progress here. I can now make and restore a clone
> copy in Acronis 8.0.
>
> I need to follow these steps EXACTLY.
>
> 1. Don't format or give a drive letter to the recipient drive (Maxtor
> first partition here)
> 2. Use Acronis from boot CD not XP
> 3. Swap SATA cables before rebooting so Maxtor drive is now on same cable
> as original Seagate
>
> And this is the killer - if I don't do one of these and the cloning
> process fails, than it will ALWAYS fail UNTIL I do a disk copy with
> Acronis. This overwrites my entire drive and it's not entirely convenient
> to ship out 100GB of data to somewhere else. (Andrew mentions earlier in
> the thread a method using recovery console which I'll try if I need to in
> future.) And bizarrely this not only clones the drive correctly, but it
> puts it back to normal such that I can now successfully clone a partition.
>
> So, what on earth is going on here? Why did the boot sector get screwed
> up ( I assume that's what it was) and why did none of the standard fixes
> for this type of problem not work - fixboot /fixmbr?
>
> I gather at least some of this is caused by me using SATA drives. Perhaps
> there will be no such problems with Ghost 10.0 and Acronis 9.0?
>
> Dave
>
>
> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>> Hi,
>> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple clone of my
>> Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
>> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial software. In
>> most cases I got as far as a login screen and it reverted to a plain blue
>> screen with cursor. I always remove Seagate before trying to boot with
>> the cloned Maxtor. The only thing that did consistently work was Acronis
>> Migrate Easy, but the problem is that you need to copy the entire disk.
>> That means overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it
>> did work. Now why did it, and not the others?
>>
>> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was getting
>> 'error loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back to Acronis, that
>> was also giving this message, and not even attempting to boot as it had
>> previosly done. I tried using sysprep with the same result.
>>
>> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using fdisk
>> and dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
>> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>>
>> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No, I get
>> the same message when it gets to the booting from disk stage.
>>
>> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I need to
>> do a low level format to get this drive back to normal shipping
>> condition. If so, could someone tell me how, and what software to use, as
>> I've done this before.
>>
>> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of people it
>> seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or Acronis. For
>> many others including me, it just doesn't seem to work, and I've seen the
>> same issues reported over and over with no workable solutions.
>>
>> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help. Thanks,
>>
>> Dave Cockram
>>
>
>

 

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Presumably XP will just rebuild this from scratch again? Do you think that
is what stopped the clone booting when it almost got to the login screen and
then reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor?

Dave
"Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
news:uYWfr46RFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Prior to the clone, delete all but the default value from
> HKLM\system\mounteddevices.
>
> --
> Walter Clayton
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>
>
> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:4268bb5e$0$300$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>> OK, we're making some progress here. I can now make and restore a clone
>> copy in Acronis 8.0.
>>
>> I need to follow these steps EXACTLY.
>>
>> 1. Don't format or give a drive letter to the recipient drive (Maxtor
>> first partition here)
>> 2. Use Acronis from boot CD not XP
>> 3. Swap SATA cables before rebooting so Maxtor drive is now on same cable
>> as original Seagate
>>
>> And this is the killer - if I don't do one of these and the cloning
>> process fails, than it will ALWAYS fail UNTIL I do a disk copy with
>> Acronis. This overwrites my entire drive and it's not entirely convenient
>> to ship out 100GB of data to somewhere else. (Andrew mentions earlier in
>> the thread a method using recovery console which I'll try if I need to in
>> future.) And bizarrely this not only clones the drive correctly, but it
>> puts it back to normal such that I can now successfully clone a
>> partition.
>>
>> So, what on earth is going on here? Why did the boot sector get screwed
>> up ( I assume that's what it was) and why did none of the standard fixes
>> for this type of problem not work - fixboot /fixmbr?
>>
>> I gather at least some of this is caused by me using SATA drives. Perhaps
>> there will be no such problems with Ghost 10.0 and Acronis 9.0?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>> news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>> Hi,
>>> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple clone of
>>> my Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
>>> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial software.
>>> In most cases I got as far as a login screen and it reverted to a plain
>>> blue screen with cursor. I always remove Seagate before trying to boot
>>> with the cloned Maxtor. The only thing that did consistently work was
>>> Acronis Migrate Easy, but the problem is that you need to copy the
>>> entire disk. That means overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it
>>> proves that it did work. Now why did it, and not the others?
>>>
>>> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was getting
>>> 'error loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back to Acronis,
>>> that was also giving this message, and not even attempting to boot as it
>>> had previosly done. I tried using sysprep with the same result.
>>>
>>> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using fdisk
>>> and dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
>>> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>>>
>>> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No, I get
>>> the same message when it gets to the booting from disk stage.
>>>
>>> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I need
>>> to do a low level format to get this drive back to normal shipping
>>> condition. If so, could someone tell me how, and what software to use,
>>> as I've done this before.
>>>
>>> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of people
>>> it seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or Acronis. For
>>> many others including me, it just doesn't seem to work, and I've seen
>>> the same issues reported over and over with no workable solutions.
>>>
>>> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help. Thanks,
>>>
>>> Dave Cockram
>>>
>>
>>
>

 

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Yes it will get rebuilt and yes, if that's not deleted then cloning just the
partition image itself can cause some less than desirable results. In fact
if you check
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\KeysNotToRestore MS back
up / restore tools don't restore that key.

--
Walter Clayton
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.


"David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:426ad507$0$261$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> Presumably XP will just rebuild this from scratch again? Do you think that
> is what stopped the clone booting when it almost got to the login screen
> and then reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor?
>
> Dave
> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
> news:uYWfr46RFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Prior to the clone, delete all but the default value from
>> HKLM\system\mounteddevices.
>>
>> --
>> Walter Clayton
>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>
>>
>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>> news:4268bb5e$0$300$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>> OK, we're making some progress here. I can now make and restore a clone
>>> copy in Acronis 8.0.
>>>
>>> I need to follow these steps EXACTLY.
>>>
>>> 1. Don't format or give a drive letter to the recipient drive (Maxtor
>>> first partition here)
>>> 2. Use Acronis from boot CD not XP
>>> 3. Swap SATA cables before rebooting so Maxtor drive is now on same
>>> cable as original Seagate
>>>
>>> And this is the killer - if I don't do one of these and the cloning
>>> process fails, than it will ALWAYS fail UNTIL I do a disk copy with
>>> Acronis. This overwrites my entire drive and it's not entirely
>>> convenient to ship out 100GB of data to somewhere else. (Andrew mentions
>>> earlier in the thread a method using recovery console which I'll try if
>>> I need to in future.) And bizarrely this not only clones the drive
>>> correctly, but it puts it back to normal such that I can now
>>> successfully clone a partition.
>>>
>>> So, what on earth is going on here? Why did the boot sector get screwed
>>> up ( I assume that's what it was) and why did none of the standard fixes
>>> for this type of problem not work - fixboot /fixmbr?
>>>
>>> I gather at least some of this is caused by me using SATA drives.
>>> Perhaps there will be no such problems with Ghost 10.0 and Acronis 9.0?
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>> news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple clone of
>>>> my Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
>>>> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial software.
>>>> In most cases I got as far as a login screen and it reverted to a plain
>>>> blue screen with cursor. I always remove Seagate before trying to boot
>>>> with the cloned Maxtor. The only thing that did consistently work was
>>>> Acronis Migrate Easy, but the problem is that you need to copy the
>>>> entire disk. That means overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it
>>>> proves that it did work. Now why did it, and not the others?
>>>>
>>>> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was getting
>>>> 'error loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back to Acronis,
>>>> that was also giving this message, and not even attempting to boot as
>>>> it had previosly done. I tried using sysprep with the same result.
>>>>
>>>> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using
>>>> fdisk and dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
>>>> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>>>>
>>>> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No, I
>>>> get the same message when it gets to the booting from disk stage.
>>>>
>>>> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I need
>>>> to do a low level format to get this drive back to normal shipping
>>>> condition. If so, could someone tell me how, and what software to use,
>>>> as I've done this before.
>>>>
>>>> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of people
>>>> it seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or Acronis.
>>>> For many others including me, it just doesn't seem to work, and I've
>>>> seen the same issues reported over and over with no workable solutions.
>>>>
>>>> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Dave Cockram
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

 

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Walter, HELP! ! !

I deleted that key as suggested, HKLM\system\mounteddevices (except default
value).
Before restoring the clone onto the other drive I decided to just check the
values in the key after rebooting and supposedly rebuilding.

After entering my password at the log in screen, it immediately reverts to
logging off . . .
I have tried everything I can think of, safe mode, boot disk but can't log
on any more.

I then tried restoring the saved cloned partition to the other drive and got
NTLDR is missing. So now I don't have any bootable drives.Back to Acronis
boot CD to restore an earlier clone that worked and restored. The first
partition, E: on the Maxtor was greyed out so I couldn't access it. I
eventually used MaxBlast to repartition and then Acronis restore worked, and
I'm now back to using an earlier saved clone that I've restored on the
Maxtor. I haven't touched the Seagate C: so if there's a way of accessing
and putting back this registry key (which I stupidly didn't feel the need to
save) maybe I can get back to normal.

I swear once this is over, I won't touch any of this software for a long,
long time. There are just too many issues and problems here. Restoring all
my programs in an emergency pales to insignificance compared with the time
and hassle spent so far.

Thanks in anticipation,

Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windowsxp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:28 AM
Subject: Re: error loading os


> Yes it will get rebuilt and yes, if that's not deleted then cloning just
> the partition image itself can cause some less than desirable results. In
> fact if you check
> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\KeysNotToRestore MS
> back up / restore tools don't restore that key.
>
> --
> Walter Clayton
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>
>
> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:426ad507$0$261$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>> Presumably XP will just rebuild this from scratch again? Do you think
>> that is what stopped the clone booting when it almost got to the login
>> screen and then reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor?
>>
>> Dave
>> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
>> news:uYWfr46RFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Prior to the clone, delete all but the default value from
>>> HKLM\system\mounteddevices.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Walter Clayton
>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>
>>>
>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>> news:4268bb5e$0$300$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>> OK, we're making some progress here. I can now make and restore a clone
>>>> copy in Acronis 8.0.
>>>>
>>>> I need to follow these steps EXACTLY.
>>>>
>>>> 1. Don't format or give a drive letter to the recipient drive (Maxtor
>>>> first partition here)
>>>> 2. Use Acronis from boot CD not XP
>>>> 3. Swap SATA cables before rebooting so Maxtor drive is now on same
>>>> cable as original Seagate
>>>>
>>>> And this is the killer - if I don't do one of these and the cloning
>>>> process fails, than it will ALWAYS fail UNTIL I do a disk copy with
>>>> Acronis. This overwrites my entire drive and it's not entirely
>>>> convenient to ship out 100GB of data to somewhere else. (Andrew
>>>> mentions earlier in the thread a method using recovery console which
>>>> I'll try if I need to in future.) And bizarrely this not only clones
>>>> the drive correctly, but it puts it back to normal such that I can now
>>>> successfully clone a partition.
>>>>
>>>> So, what on earth is going on here? Why did the boot sector get
>>>> screwed up ( I assume that's what it was) and why did none of the
>>>> standard fixes for this type of problem not work - fixboot /fixmbr?
>>>>
>>>> I gather at least some of this is caused by me using SATA drives.
>>>> Perhaps there will be no such problems with Ghost 10.0 and Acronis 9.0?
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple clone of
>>>>> my Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
>>>>> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial software.
>>>>> In most cases I got as far as a login screen and it reverted to a
>>>>> plain blue screen with cursor. I always remove Seagate before trying
>>>>> to boot with the cloned Maxtor. The only thing that did consistently
>>>>> work was Acronis Migrate Easy, but the problem is that you need to
>>>>> copy the entire disk. That means overwriting the other Maxtor
>>>>> partitions. But it proves that it did work. Now why did it, and not
>>>>> the others?
>>>>>
>>>>> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was getting
>>>>> 'error loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back to Acronis,
>>>>> that was also giving this message, and not even attempting to boot as
>>>>> it had previosly done. I tried using sysprep with the same result.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using
>>>>> fdisk and dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
>>>>> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>>>>>
>>>>> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No, I
>>>>> get the same message when it gets to the booting from disk stage.
>>>>>
>>>>> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I need
>>>>> to do a low level format to get this drive back to normal shipping
>>>>> condition. If so, could someone tell me how, and what software to use,
>>>>> as I've done this before.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of people
>>>>> it seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or Acronis.
>>>>> For many others including me, it just doesn't seem to work, and I've
>>>>> seen the same issues reported over and over with no workable
>>>>> solutions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help.
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave Cockram
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

 

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I assume you're up and running on the problematic platform? If so, go to
http://www.bootitng.com/utilities.html and download Partinfo. Unzip it and
run partinfW (yes, that W not O) from a command prompt as follows:

partinfw >partinfo.txt
start notepad partinfo.txt

Then copy and paste the contents back here. Also, do start->run->c:\boot.ini
and copy and paste the contents of boot.ini back here as well.


I think I know what your issue is now and it's going to revolve around
boot.ini and the mbr code and now that I've taken a really fast look at
Acronis, it may be the tool isn't the right tool for what you're attempting.
Or you may be using it wrong.

--
Walter Clayton
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.


"David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:426b9144$0$354$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> Walter, HELP! ! !
>
> I deleted that key as suggested, HKLM\system\mounteddevices (except
> default
> value).
> Before restoring the clone onto the other drive I decided to just check
> the
> values in the key after rebooting and supposedly rebuilding.
>
> After entering my password at the log in screen, it immediately reverts to
> logging off . . .
> I have tried everything I can think of, safe mode, boot disk but can't log
> on any more.
>
> I then tried restoring the saved cloned partition to the other drive and
> got
> NTLDR is missing. So now I don't have any bootable drives.Back to Acronis
> boot CD to restore an earlier clone that worked and restored. The first
> partition, E: on the Maxtor was greyed out so I couldn't access it. I
> eventually used MaxBlast to repartition and then Acronis restore worked,
> and
> I'm now back to using an earlier saved clone that I've restored on the
> Maxtor. I haven't touched the Seagate C: so if there's a way of accessing
> and putting back this registry key (which I stupidly didn't feel the need
> to
> save) maybe I can get back to normal.
>
> I swear once this is over, I won't touch any of this software for a long,
> long time. There are just too many issues and problems here. Restoring all
> my programs in an emergency pales to insignificance compared with the time
> and hassle spent so far.
>
> Thanks in anticipation,
>
> Dave
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org>
> Newsgroups:
> microsoft.public.windowsxp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:28 AM
> Subject: Re: error loading os
>
>
>> Yes it will get rebuilt and yes, if that's not deleted then cloning just
>> the partition image itself can cause some less than desirable results. In
>> fact if you check
>> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\KeysNotToRestore MS
>> back up / restore tools don't restore that key.
>>
>> --
>> Walter Clayton
>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>
>>
>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>> news:426ad507$0$261$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>> Presumably XP will just rebuild this from scratch again? Do you think
>>> that is what stopped the clone booting when it almost got to the login
>>> screen and then reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor?
>>>
>>> Dave
>>> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
>>> news:uYWfr46RFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>> Prior to the clone, delete all but the default value from
>>>> HKLM\system\mounteddevices.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:4268bb5e$0$300$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>> OK, we're making some progress here. I can now make and restore a
>>>>> clone copy in Acronis 8.0.
>>>>>
>>>>> I need to follow these steps EXACTLY.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Don't format or give a drive letter to the recipient drive (Maxtor
>>>>> first partition here)
>>>>> 2. Use Acronis from boot CD not XP
>>>>> 3. Swap SATA cables before rebooting so Maxtor drive is now on same
>>>>> cable as original Seagate
>>>>>
>>>>> And this is the killer - if I don't do one of these and the cloning
>>>>> process fails, than it will ALWAYS fail UNTIL I do a disk copy with
>>>>> Acronis. This overwrites my entire drive and it's not entirely
>>>>> convenient to ship out 100GB of data to somewhere else. (Andrew
>>>>> mentions earlier in the thread a method using recovery console which
>>>>> I'll try if I need to in future.) And bizarrely this not only clones
>>>>> the drive correctly, but it puts it back to normal such that I can now
>>>>> successfully clone a partition.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, what on earth is going on here? Why did the boot sector get
>>>>> screwed up ( I assume that's what it was) and why did none of the
>>>>> standard fixes for this type of problem not work - fixboot /fixmbr?
>>>>>
>>>>> I gather at least some of this is caused by me using SATA drives.
>>>>> Perhaps there will be no such problems with Ghost 10.0 and Acronis
>>>>> 9.0?
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple clone
>>>>>> of my Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
>>>>>> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial
>>>>>> software. In most cases I got as far as a login screen and it
>>>>>> reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor. I always remove Seagate
>>>>>> before trying to boot with the cloned Maxtor. The only thing that did
>>>>>> consistently work was Acronis Migrate Easy, but the problem is that
>>>>>> you need to copy the entire disk. That means overwriting the other
>>>>>> Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it did work. Now why did it,
>>>>>> and not the others?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was getting
>>>>>> 'error loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back to Acronis,
>>>>>> that was also giving this message, and not even attempting to boot as
>>>>>> it had previosly done. I tried using sysprep with the same result.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using
>>>>>> fdisk and dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
>>>>>> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No, I
>>>>>> get the same message when it gets to the booting from disk stage.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I
>>>>>> need to do a low level format to get this drive back to normal
>>>>>> shipping condition. If so, could someone tell me how, and what
>>>>>> software to use, as I've done this before.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of
>>>>>> people it seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or
>>>>>> Acronis. For many others including me, it just doesn't seem to work,
>>>>>> and I've seen the same issues reported over and over with no workable
>>>>>> solutions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help.
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave Cockram
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

 

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Thanks Walter,

I'll do it now, but in the meantime, I'm only up and running on my second
hard drive, the Maxtor. The Seagate which has the problem is inaccessable. I
don't know if that affects things. Let me know if it does.

Dave


"Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
news:O3ISJHNSFHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>I assume you're up and running on the problematic platform? If so, go to
>http://www.bootitng.com/utilities.html and download Partinfo. Unzip it and
>run partinfW (yes, that W not O) from a command prompt as follows:
>
> partinfw >partinfo.txt
> start notepad partinfo.txt
>
> Then copy and paste the contents back here. Also, do
> start->run->c:\boot.ini and copy and paste the contents of boot.ini back
> here as well.
>
>
> I think I know what your issue is now and it's going to revolve around
> boot.ini and the mbr code and now that I've taken a really fast look at
> Acronis, it may be the tool isn't the right tool for what you're
> attempting. Or you may be using it wrong.
>
> --
> Walter Clayton
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>
>
> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:426b9144$0$354$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>> Walter, HELP! ! !
>>
>> I deleted that key as suggested, HKLM\system\mounteddevices (except
>> default
>> value).
>> Before restoring the clone onto the other drive I decided to just check
>> the
>> values in the key after rebooting and supposedly rebuilding.
>>
>> After entering my password at the log in screen, it immediately reverts
>> to
>> logging off . . .
>> I have tried everything I can think of, safe mode, boot disk but can't
>> log
>> on any more.
>>
>> I then tried restoring the saved cloned partition to the other drive and
>> got
>> NTLDR is missing. So now I don't have any bootable drives.Back to Acronis
>> boot CD to restore an earlier clone that worked and restored. The first
>> partition, E: on the Maxtor was greyed out so I couldn't access it. I
>> eventually used MaxBlast to repartition and then Acronis restore worked,
>> and
>> I'm now back to using an earlier saved clone that I've restored on the
>> Maxtor. I haven't touched the Seagate C: so if there's a way of accessing
>> and putting back this registry key (which I stupidly didn't feel the need
>> to
>> save) maybe I can get back to normal.
>>
>> I swear once this is over, I won't touch any of this software for a long,
>> long time. There are just too many issues and problems here. Restoring
>> all
>> my programs in an emergency pales to insignificance compared with the
>> time
>> and hassle spent so far.
>>
>> Thanks in anticipation,
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org>
>> Newsgroups:
>> microsoft.public.windowsxp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
>> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:28 AM
>> Subject: Re: error loading os
>>
>>
>>> Yes it will get rebuilt and yes, if that's not deleted then cloning just
>>> the partition image itself can cause some less than desirable results.
>>> In fact if you check
>>> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\KeysNotToRestore MS
>>> back up / restore tools don't restore that key.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Walter Clayton
>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>
>>>
>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>> news:426ad507$0$261$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>> Presumably XP will just rebuild this from scratch again? Do you think
>>>> that is what stopped the clone booting when it almost got to the login
>>>> screen and then reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor?
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
>>>> news:uYWfr46RFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Prior to the clone, delete all but the default value from
>>>>> HKLM\system\mounteddevices.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:4268bb5e$0$300$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>> OK, we're making some progress here. I can now make and restore a
>>>>>> clone copy in Acronis 8.0.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I need to follow these steps EXACTLY.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. Don't format or give a drive letter to the recipient drive (Maxtor
>>>>>> first partition here)
>>>>>> 2. Use Acronis from boot CD not XP
>>>>>> 3. Swap SATA cables before rebooting so Maxtor drive is now on same
>>>>>> cable as original Seagate
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And this is the killer - if I don't do one of these and the cloning
>>>>>> process fails, than it will ALWAYS fail UNTIL I do a disk copy with
>>>>>> Acronis. This overwrites my entire drive and it's not entirely
>>>>>> convenient to ship out 100GB of data to somewhere else. (Andrew
>>>>>> mentions earlier in the thread a method using recovery console which
>>>>>> I'll try if I need to in future.) And bizarrely this not only clones
>>>>>> the drive correctly, but it puts it back to normal such that I can
>>>>>> now successfully clone a partition.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, what on earth is going on here? Why did the boot sector get
>>>>>> screwed up ( I assume that's what it was) and why did none of the
>>>>>> standard fixes for this type of problem not work - fixboot /fixmbr?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I gather at least some of this is caused by me using SATA drives.
>>>>>> Perhaps there will be no such problems with Ghost 10.0 and Acronis
>>>>>> 9.0?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple clone
>>>>>>> of my Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
>>>>>>> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial
>>>>>>> software. In most cases I got as far as a login screen and it
>>>>>>> reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor. I always remove Seagate
>>>>>>> before trying to boot with the cloned Maxtor. The only thing that
>>>>>>> did consistently work was Acronis Migrate Easy, but the problem is
>>>>>>> that you need to copy the entire disk. That means overwriting the
>>>>>>> other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it did work. Now why did
>>>>>>> it, and not the others?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was getting
>>>>>>> 'error loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back to Acronis,
>>>>>>> that was also giving this message, and not even attempting to boot
>>>>>>> as it had previosly done. I tried using sysprep with the same
>>>>>>> result.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using
>>>>>>> fdisk and dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
>>>>>>> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No, I
>>>>>>> get the same message when it gets to the booting from disk stage.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I
>>>>>>> need to do a low level format to get this drive back to normal
>>>>>>> shipping condition. If so, could someone tell me how, and what
>>>>>>> software to use, as I've done this before.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of
>>>>>>> people it seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or
>>>>>>> Acronis. For many others including me, it just doesn't seem to work,
>>>>>>> and I've seen the same issues reported over and over with no
>>>>>>> workable solutions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help.
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dave Cockram
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

 

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The boot.ini file drom the Seagate (problem drive - SATA 1) appears to be
missing. I don't know if that's because I'm now bootiing from the other
drive.

boot.ini from the Maxtor drive I'm now using - SATA 2

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut


PARTINFO 1.09
Copyright (C) 1996-2003, TeraByte Unlimited. All rights reserved.

Run date: 04/24/2005 16:06

====================================================================
MBR Partition Information (HD0):
+====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
| 0: | 0 | 1 0 1 | f | 1023 254 63 | 16065 | 81899370 |
+====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
Volume Information
+----+----+-------------+----+-------------+-----------+-----------+
| 0: | 0 | 1 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 81899307 |
| 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
MBR Partition Information (HD0) Continued:
+====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
| 1: | 80 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 81915435 | 252075915 |
| 2: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 333991350 | 252075915 |
| 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
+====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 16128 Total Sectors: 81899307
Jump: EB 52 90
OEM Name: NTFS
Bytes Per Sec: 512
Sec Per Clust: 8
Res Sectors: 0
Zero 1: 0x0
Zero 2: 0x0
NA 1: 0x0
Media: 0xF8
Zero 3: 0x0
Sec Per Track: 63
Heads: 255
Hidden Secs: 63
NA 2: 0x0
NA 3: 0x800080
Total Sectors: 0x04E1AF2A
MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
MFT Mirr LCN: 0x04E1AF2
Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
Volume SN: 0x22F802A6F8027875
Checksum: 0x0
Boot Flag: 0xAA55
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 81915435 Total Sectors: 252075915 ID: 0x2
Jump: EB 52 90
OEM Name: NTFS
Bytes Per Sec: 512
Sec Per Clust: 8
Res Sectors: 0
Zero 1: 0x0
Zero 2: 0x0
NA 1: 0x0
Media: 0xF8
Zero 3: 0x0
Sec Per Track: 63
Heads: 255
Hidden Secs: 81915435
NA 2: 0x0
NA 3: 0x800080
Total Sectors: 0x0F065F8A
MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0F065F8
Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
Volume SN: 0xD400C167C150E2
Checksum: 0x0
Boot Flag: 0xAA55
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 333991350 Total Sectors: 252075915 ID: 0x3
Jump: EB 52 90
OEM Name: NTFS
Bytes Per Sec: 512
Sec Per Clust: 8
Res Sectors: 0
Zero 1: 0x0
Zero 2: 0x0
NA 1: 0x0
Media: 0xF8
Zero 3: 0x0
Sec Per Track: 63
Heads: 255
Hidden Secs: 333991350
NA 2: 0x0
NA 3: 0x800080
Total Sectors: 0x0F065F8A
MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0F065F8
Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
Volume SN: 0xA478DD6678DD382E
Checksum: 0x0
Boot Flag: 0xAA55
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
====================================================================
MBR Partition Information (HD1):
+====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
| 0: | 80 | 0 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 38539872 |
| 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
+====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 63 Total Sectors: 38539872 ID: 0x1
Jump: EB 52 90
OEM Name: NTFS
Bytes Per Sec: 512
Sec Per Clust: 8
Res Sectors: 0
Zero 1: 0x0
Zero 2: 0x0
NA 1: 0x0
Media: 0xF8
Zero 3: 0x0
Sec Per Track: 63
Heads: 255
Hidden Secs: 63
NA 2: 0x0
NA 3: 0x800080
Total Sectors: 0x024C1258
MFT LCN: 0x0B42FF
MFT Mirr LCN: 0x03D54EA
Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
Volume SN: 0x4228D79E28D78EF3
Checksum: 0x0
Boot Flag: 0xAA55
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


"David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:426bb50b$0$335$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> Thanks Walter,
>
> I'll do it now, but in the meantime, I'm only up and running on my second
> hard drive, the Maxtor. The Seagate which has the problem is inaccessable.
> I don't know if that affects things. Let me know if it does.
>
> Dave
>
>
> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
> news:O3ISJHNSFHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>I assume you're up and running on the problematic platform? If so, go to
>>http://www.bootitng.com/utilities.html and download Partinfo. Unzip it and
>>run partinfW (yes, that W not O) from a command prompt as follows:
>>
>> partinfw >partinfo.txt
>> start notepad partinfo.txt
>>
>> Then copy and paste the contents back here. Also, do
>> start->run->c:\boot.ini and copy and paste the contents of boot.ini back
>> here as well.
>>
>>
>> I think I know what your issue is now and it's going to revolve around
>> boot.ini and the mbr code and now that I've taken a really fast look at
>> Acronis, it may be the tool isn't the right tool for what you're
>> attempting. Or you may be using it wrong.
>>
>> --
>> Walter Clayton
>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>
>>
>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>> news:426b9144$0$354$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>> Walter, HELP! ! !
>>>
>>> I deleted that key as suggested, HKLM\system\mounteddevices (except
>>> default
>>> value).
>>> Before restoring the clone onto the other drive I decided to just check
>>> the
>>> values in the key after rebooting and supposedly rebuilding.
>>>
>>> After entering my password at the log in screen, it immediately reverts
>>> to
>>> logging off . . .
>>> I have tried everything I can think of, safe mode, boot disk but can't
>>> log
>>> on any more.
>>>
>>> I then tried restoring the saved cloned partition to the other drive and
>>> got
>>> NTLDR is missing. So now I don't have any bootable drives.Back to
>>> Acronis
>>> boot CD to restore an earlier clone that worked and restored. The first
>>> partition, E: on the Maxtor was greyed out so I couldn't access it. I
>>> eventually used MaxBlast to repartition and then Acronis restore worked,
>>> and
>>> I'm now back to using an earlier saved clone that I've restored on the
>>> Maxtor. I haven't touched the Seagate C: so if there's a way of
>>> accessing
>>> and putting back this registry key (which I stupidly didn't feel the
>>> need to
>>> save) maybe I can get back to normal.
>>>
>>> I swear once this is over, I won't touch any of this software for a
>>> long,
>>> long time. There are just too many issues and problems here. Restoring
>>> all
>>> my programs in an emergency pales to insignificance compared with the
>>> time
>>> and hassle spent so far.
>>>
>>> Thanks in anticipation,
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org>
>>> Newsgroups:
>>> microsoft.public.windowsxp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:28 AM
>>> Subject: Re: error loading os
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yes it will get rebuilt and yes, if that's not deleted then cloning
>>>> just the partition image itself can cause some less than desirable
>>>> results. In fact if you check
>>>> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\KeysNotToRestore MS
>>>> back up / restore tools don't restore that key.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:426ad507$0$261$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>> Presumably XP will just rebuild this from scratch again? Do you think
>>>>> that is what stopped the clone booting when it almost got to the login
>>>>> screen and then reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor?
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
>>>>> news:uYWfr46RFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Prior to the clone, delete all but the default value from
>>>>>> HKLM\system\mounteddevices.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:4268bb5e$0$300$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>> OK, we're making some progress here. I can now make and restore a
>>>>>>> clone copy in Acronis 8.0.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I need to follow these steps EXACTLY.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. Don't format or give a drive letter to the recipient drive
>>>>>>> (Maxtor first partition here)
>>>>>>> 2. Use Acronis from boot CD not XP
>>>>>>> 3. Swap SATA cables before rebooting so Maxtor drive is now on same
>>>>>>> cable as original Seagate
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And this is the killer - if I don't do one of these and the cloning
>>>>>>> process fails, than it will ALWAYS fail UNTIL I do a disk copy with
>>>>>>> Acronis. This overwrites my entire drive and it's not entirely
>>>>>>> convenient to ship out 100GB of data to somewhere else. (Andrew
>>>>>>> mentions earlier in the thread a method using recovery console which
>>>>>>> I'll try if I need to in future.) And bizarrely this not only clones
>>>>>>> the drive correctly, but it puts it back to normal such that I can
>>>>>>> now successfully clone a partition.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, what on earth is going on here? Why did the boot sector get
>>>>>>> screwed up ( I assume that's what it was) and why did none of the
>>>>>>> standard fixes for this type of problem not work - fixboot /fixmbr?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I gather at least some of this is caused by me using SATA drives.
>>>>>>> Perhaps there will be no such problems with Ghost 10.0 and Acronis
>>>>>>> 9.0?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple clone
>>>>>>>> of my Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
>>>>>>>> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial
>>>>>>>> software. In most cases I got as far as a login screen and it
>>>>>>>> reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor. I always remove
>>>>>>>> Seagate before trying to boot with the cloned Maxtor. The only
>>>>>>>> thing that did consistently work was Acronis Migrate Easy, but the
>>>>>>>> problem is that you need to copy the entire disk. That means
>>>>>>>> overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it did
>>>>>>>> work. Now why did it, and not the others?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was
>>>>>>>> getting 'error loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back to
>>>>>>>> Acronis, that was also giving this message, and not even attempting
>>>>>>>> to boot as it had previosly done. I tried using sysprep with the
>>>>>>>> same result.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using
>>>>>>>> fdisk and dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
>>>>>>>> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No,
>>>>>>>> I get the same message when it gets to the booting from disk stage.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I
>>>>>>>> need to do a low level format to get this drive back to normal
>>>>>>>> shipping condition. If so, could someone tell me how, and what
>>>>>>>> software to use, as I've done this before.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of
>>>>>>>> people it seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or
>>>>>>>> Acronis. For many others including me, it just doesn't seem to
>>>>>>>> work, and I've seen the same issues reported over and over with no
>>>>>>>> workable solutions.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help.
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dave Cockram
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

 

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The partition structure is a bit weird. You have a logical with what appears
to be a single volume followed by a couple of standard bootable primaries.
In fact, the second partition is currently flagged as active.
> MBR Partition Information (HD0):
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> | 0: | 0 | 1 0 1 | f | 1023 254 63 | 16065 | 81899370 |
> MBR Partition Information (HD0) Continued:
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> | 1: | 80 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 81915435 | 252075915 |
> | 2: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 333991350 | 252075915 |
> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |

The boot strap code would have to be in the second partition. That includes
boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com. The arc statement for that partition will be
tricky, that depends on from where you're loading the OS. If you're loading
the OS from the same partition, using the current partition and volume
tables, the arc statement should read

> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS

although the partition number might need be three depending on how things
are counted (and I get really fuzzy on how the boot strap code counts
logical partitions and volumes; I avoid placing logicals in front of
non-logical volumes like the plague).

Exactly what are you attempting to accomplish? One thing that sticks out is
to move the logical higher in the partition table and drop the bootable
primary in front of that.

--
Walter Clayton
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.


"David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:426bb863$0$337$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> The boot.ini file drom the Seagate (problem drive - SATA 1) appears to be
> missing. I don't know if that's because I'm now bootiing from the other
> drive.
>
> boot.ini from the Maxtor drive I'm now using - SATA 2
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
>
>
> PARTINFO 1.09
> Copyright (C) 1996-2003, TeraByte Unlimited. All rights reserved.
>
> Run date: 04/24/2005 16:06
>
> ====================================================================
> MBR Partition Information (HD0):
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> | 0: | 0 | 1 0 1 | f | 1023 254 63 | 16065 | 81899370 |
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> Volume Information
> +----+----+-------------+----+-------------+-----------+-----------+
> | 0: | 0 | 1 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 81899307 |
> | 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> | 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> MBR Partition Information (HD0) Continued:
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> | 1: | 80 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 81915435 | 252075915 |
> | 2: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 333991350 | 252075915 |
> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 16128 Total Sectors: 81899307
> Jump: EB 52 90
> OEM Name: NTFS
> Bytes Per Sec: 512
> Sec Per Clust: 8
> Res Sectors: 0
> Zero 1: 0x0
> Zero 2: 0x0
> NA 1: 0x0
> Media: 0xF8
> Zero 3: 0x0
> Sec Per Track: 63
> Heads: 255
> Hidden Secs: 63
> NA 2: 0x0
> NA 3: 0x800080
> Total Sectors: 0x04E1AF2A
> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x04E1AF2
> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
> Volume SN: 0x22F802A6F8027875
> Checksum: 0x0
> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 81915435 Total Sectors: 252075915 ID: 0x2
> Jump: EB 52 90
> OEM Name: NTFS
> Bytes Per Sec: 512
> Sec Per Clust: 8
> Res Sectors: 0
> Zero 1: 0x0
> Zero 2: 0x0
> NA 1: 0x0
> Media: 0xF8
> Zero 3: 0x0
> Sec Per Track: 63
> Heads: 255
> Hidden Secs: 81915435
> NA 2: 0x0
> NA 3: 0x800080
> Total Sectors: 0x0F065F8A
> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0F065F8
> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
> Volume SN: 0xD400C167C150E2
> Checksum: 0x0
> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 333991350 Total Sectors: 252075915 ID: 0x3
> Jump: EB 52 90
> OEM Name: NTFS
> Bytes Per Sec: 512
> Sec Per Clust: 8
> Res Sectors: 0
> Zero 1: 0x0
> Zero 2: 0x0
> NA 1: 0x0
> Media: 0xF8
> Zero 3: 0x0
> Sec Per Track: 63
> Heads: 255
> Hidden Secs: 333991350
> NA 2: 0x0
> NA 3: 0x800080
> Total Sectors: 0x0F065F8A
> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0F065F8
> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
> Volume SN: 0xA478DD6678DD382E
> Checksum: 0x0
> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ====================================================================
> MBR Partition Information (HD1):
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> | 0: | 80 | 0 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 38539872 |
> | 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> | 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 63 Total Sectors: 38539872 ID: 0x1
> Jump: EB 52 90
> OEM Name: NTFS
> Bytes Per Sec: 512
> Sec Per Clust: 8
> Res Sectors: 0
> Zero 1: 0x0
> Zero 2: 0x0
> NA 1: 0x0
> Media: 0xF8
> Zero 3: 0x0
> Sec Per Track: 63
> Heads: 255
> Hidden Secs: 63
> NA 2: 0x0
> NA 3: 0x800080
> Total Sectors: 0x024C1258
> MFT LCN: 0x0B42FF
> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x03D54EA
> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
> Volume SN: 0x4228D79E28D78EF3
> Checksum: 0x0
> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:426bb50b$0$335$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>> Thanks Walter,
>>
>> I'll do it now, but in the meantime, I'm only up and running on my second
>> hard drive, the Maxtor. The Seagate which has the problem is
>> inaccessable. I don't know if that affects things. Let me know if it
>> does.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
>> news:O3ISJHNSFHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>I assume you're up and running on the problematic platform? If so, go to
>>>http://www.bootitng.com/utilities.html and download Partinfo. Unzip it
>>>and run partinfW (yes, that W not O) from a command prompt as follows:
>>>
>>> partinfw >partinfo.txt
>>> start notepad partinfo.txt
>>>
>>> Then copy and paste the contents back here. Also, do
>>> start->run->c:\boot.ini and copy and paste the contents of boot.ini back
>>> here as well.
>>>
>>>
>>> I think I know what your issue is now and it's going to revolve around
>>> boot.ini and the mbr code and now that I've taken a really fast look at
>>> Acronis, it may be the tool isn't the right tool for what you're
>>> attempting. Or you may be using it wrong.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Walter Clayton
>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>
>>>
>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>> news:426b9144$0$354$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>> Walter, HELP! ! !
>>>>
>>>> I deleted that key as suggested, HKLM\system\mounteddevices (except
>>>> default
>>>> value).
>>>> Before restoring the clone onto the other drive I decided to just check
>>>> the
>>>> values in the key after rebooting and supposedly rebuilding.
>>>>
>>>> After entering my password at the log in screen, it immediately reverts
>>>> to
>>>> logging off . . .
>>>> I have tried everything I can think of, safe mode, boot disk but can't
>>>> log
>>>> on any more.
>>>>
>>>> I then tried restoring the saved cloned partition to the other drive
>>>> and got
>>>> NTLDR is missing. So now I don't have any bootable drives.Back to
>>>> Acronis
>>>> boot CD to restore an earlier clone that worked and restored. The first
>>>> partition, E: on the Maxtor was greyed out so I couldn't access it. I
>>>> eventually used MaxBlast to repartition and then Acronis restore
>>>> worked, and
>>>> I'm now back to using an earlier saved clone that I've restored on the
>>>> Maxtor. I haven't touched the Seagate C: so if there's a way of
>>>> accessing
>>>> and putting back this registry key (which I stupidly didn't feel the
>>>> need to
>>>> save) maybe I can get back to normal.
>>>>
>>>> I swear once this is over, I won't touch any of this software for a
>>>> long,
>>>> long time. There are just too many issues and problems here. Restoring
>>>> all
>>>> my programs in an emergency pales to insignificance compared with the
>>>> time
>>>> and hassle spent so far.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in anticipation,
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org>
>>>> Newsgroups:
>>>> microsoft.public.windowsxp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:28 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: error loading os
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Yes it will get rebuilt and yes, if that's not deleted then cloning
>>>>> just the partition image itself can cause some less than desirable
>>>>> results. In fact if you check
>>>>> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\KeysNotToRestore
>>>>> MS back up / restore tools don't restore that key.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:426ad507$0$261$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>> Presumably XP will just rebuild this from scratch again? Do you think
>>>>>> that is what stopped the clone booting when it almost got to the
>>>>>> login screen and then reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:uYWfr46RFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Prior to the clone, delete all but the default value from
>>>>>>> HKLM\system\mounteddevices.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently
>>>>>>> advanced.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:4268bb5e$0$300$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>>> OK, we're making some progress here. I can now make and restore a
>>>>>>>> clone copy in Acronis 8.0.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I need to follow these steps EXACTLY.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1. Don't format or give a drive letter to the recipient drive
>>>>>>>> (Maxtor first partition here)
>>>>>>>> 2. Use Acronis from boot CD not XP
>>>>>>>> 3. Swap SATA cables before rebooting so Maxtor drive is now on same
>>>>>>>> cable as original Seagate
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And this is the killer - if I don't do one of these and the cloning
>>>>>>>> process fails, than it will ALWAYS fail UNTIL I do a disk copy with
>>>>>>>> Acronis. This overwrites my entire drive and it's not entirely
>>>>>>>> convenient to ship out 100GB of data to somewhere else. (Andrew
>>>>>>>> mentions earlier in the thread a method using recovery console
>>>>>>>> which I'll try if I need to in future.) And bizarrely this not only
>>>>>>>> clones the drive correctly, but it puts it back to normal such that
>>>>>>>> I can now successfully clone a partition.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So, what on earth is going on here? Why did the boot sector get
>>>>>>>> screwed up ( I assume that's what it was) and why did none of the
>>>>>>>> standard fixes for this type of problem not work - fixboot /fixmbr?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I gather at least some of this is caused by me using SATA drives.
>>>>>>>> Perhaps there will be no such problems with Ghost 10.0 and Acronis
>>>>>>>> 9.0?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple
>>>>>>>>> clone of my Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
>>>>>>>>> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial
>>>>>>>>> software. In most cases I got as far as a login screen and it
>>>>>>>>> reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor. I always remove
>>>>>>>>> Seagate before trying to boot with the cloned Maxtor. The only
>>>>>>>>> thing that did consistently work was Acronis Migrate Easy, but the
>>>>>>>>> problem is that you need to copy the entire disk. That means
>>>>>>>>> overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it did
>>>>>>>>> work. Now why did it, and not the others?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was
>>>>>>>>> getting 'error loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back
>>>>>>>>> to Acronis, that was also giving this message, and not even
>>>>>>>>> attempting to boot as it had previosly done. I tried using sysprep
>>>>>>>>> with the same result.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using
>>>>>>>>> fdisk and dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
>>>>>>>>> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No,
>>>>>>>>> I get the same message when it gets to the booting from disk
>>>>>>>>> stage.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I
>>>>>>>>> need to do a low level format to get this drive back to normal
>>>>>>>>> shipping condition. If so, could someone tell me how, and what
>>>>>>>>> software to use, as I've done this before.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of
>>>>>>>>> people it seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or
>>>>>>>>> Acronis. For many others including me, it just doesn't seem to
>>>>>>>>> work, and I've seen the same issues reported over and over with no
>>>>>>>>> workable solutions.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help.
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dave Cockram
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

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I also just noticed that my drive letter asignments are all screwed up.

The Seagate (SATA 1) should be C,D,E with C being active. It is now F,D,E
with D being active (OS is on F).
The Maxtor (SATA 2) should be F, active. It is now C, active.

Dave

"David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:426bb863$0$337$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> The boot.ini file drom the Seagate (problem drive - SATA 1) appears to be
> missing. I don't know if that's because I'm now bootiing from the other
> drive.
>
> boot.ini from the Maxtor drive I'm now using - SATA 2
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
>
>
> PARTINFO 1.09
> Copyright (C) 1996-2003, TeraByte Unlimited. All rights reserved.
>
> Run date: 04/24/2005 16:06
>
> ====================================================================
> MBR Partition Information (HD0):
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> | 0: | 0 | 1 0 1 | f | 1023 254 63 | 16065 | 81899370 |
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> Volume Information
> +----+----+-------------+----+-------------+-----------+-----------+
> | 0: | 0 | 1 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 81899307 |
> | 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> | 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> MBR Partition Information (HD0) Continued:
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> | 1: | 80 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 81915435 | 252075915 |
> | 2: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 333991350 | 252075915 |
> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 16128 Total Sectors: 81899307
> Jump: EB 52 90
> OEM Name: NTFS
> Bytes Per Sec: 512
> Sec Per Clust: 8
> Res Sectors: 0
> Zero 1: 0x0
> Zero 2: 0x0
> NA 1: 0x0
> Media: 0xF8
> Zero 3: 0x0
> Sec Per Track: 63
> Heads: 255
> Hidden Secs: 63
> NA 2: 0x0
> NA 3: 0x800080
> Total Sectors: 0x04E1AF2A
> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x04E1AF2
> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
> Volume SN: 0x22F802A6F8027875
> Checksum: 0x0
> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 81915435 Total Sectors: 252075915 ID: 0x2
> Jump: EB 52 90
> OEM Name: NTFS
> Bytes Per Sec: 512
> Sec Per Clust: 8
> Res Sectors: 0
> Zero 1: 0x0
> Zero 2: 0x0
> NA 1: 0x0
> Media: 0xF8
> Zero 3: 0x0
> Sec Per Track: 63
> Heads: 255
> Hidden Secs: 81915435
> NA 2: 0x0
> NA 3: 0x800080
> Total Sectors: 0x0F065F8A
> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0F065F8
> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
> Volume SN: 0xD400C167C150E2
> Checksum: 0x0
> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 333991350 Total Sectors: 252075915 ID: 0x3
> Jump: EB 52 90
> OEM Name: NTFS
> Bytes Per Sec: 512
> Sec Per Clust: 8
> Res Sectors: 0
> Zero 1: 0x0
> Zero 2: 0x0
> NA 1: 0x0
> Media: 0xF8
> Zero 3: 0x0
> Sec Per Track: 63
> Heads: 255
> Hidden Secs: 333991350
> NA 2: 0x0
> NA 3: 0x800080
> Total Sectors: 0x0F065F8A
> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0F065F8
> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
> Volume SN: 0xA478DD6678DD382E
> Checksum: 0x0
> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ====================================================================
> MBR Partition Information (HD1):
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> | 0: | 80 | 0 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 38539872 |
> | 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> | 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 63 Total Sectors: 38539872 ID: 0x1
> Jump: EB 52 90
> OEM Name: NTFS
> Bytes Per Sec: 512
> Sec Per Clust: 8
> Res Sectors: 0
> Zero 1: 0x0
> Zero 2: 0x0
> NA 1: 0x0
> Media: 0xF8
> Zero 3: 0x0
> Sec Per Track: 63
> Heads: 255
> Hidden Secs: 63
> NA 2: 0x0
> NA 3: 0x800080
> Total Sectors: 0x024C1258
> MFT LCN: 0x0B42FF
> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x03D54EA
> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
> Volume SN: 0x4228D79E28D78EF3
> Checksum: 0x0
> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:426bb50b$0$335$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>> Thanks Walter,
>>
>> I'll do it now, but in the meantime, I'm only up and running on my second
>> hard drive, the Maxtor. The Seagate which has the problem is
>> inaccessable. I don't know if that affects things. Let me know if it
>> does.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
>> news:O3ISJHNSFHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>I assume you're up and running on the problematic platform? If so, go to
>>>http://www.bootitng.com/utilities.html and download Partinfo. Unzip it
>>>and run partinfW (yes, that W not O) from a command prompt as follows:
>>>
>>> partinfw >partinfo.txt
>>> start notepad partinfo.txt
>>>
>>> Then copy and paste the contents back here. Also, do
>>> start->run->c:\boot.ini and copy and paste the contents of boot.ini back
>>> here as well.
>>>
>>>
>>> I think I know what your issue is now and it's going to revolve around
>>> boot.ini and the mbr code and now that I've taken a really fast look at
>>> Acronis, it may be the tool isn't the right tool for what you're
>>> attempting. Or you may be using it wrong.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Walter Clayton
>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>
>>>
>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>> news:426b9144$0$354$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>> Walter, HELP! ! !
>>>>
>>>> I deleted that key as suggested, HKLM\system\mounteddevices (except
>>>> default
>>>> value).
>>>> Before restoring the clone onto the other drive I decided to just check
>>>> the
>>>> values in the key after rebooting and supposedly rebuilding.
>>>>
>>>> After entering my password at the log in screen, it immediately reverts
>>>> to
>>>> logging off . . .
>>>> I have tried everything I can think of, safe mode, boot disk but can't
>>>> log
>>>> on any more.
>>>>
>>>> I then tried restoring the saved cloned partition to the other drive
>>>> and got
>>>> NTLDR is missing. So now I don't have any bootable drives.Back to
>>>> Acronis
>>>> boot CD to restore an earlier clone that worked and restored. The first
>>>> partition, E: on the Maxtor was greyed out so I couldn't access it. I
>>>> eventually used MaxBlast to repartition and then Acronis restore
>>>> worked, and
>>>> I'm now back to using an earlier saved clone that I've restored on the
>>>> Maxtor. I haven't touched the Seagate C: so if there's a way of
>>>> accessing
>>>> and putting back this registry key (which I stupidly didn't feel the
>>>> need to
>>>> save) maybe I can get back to normal.
>>>>
>>>> I swear once this is over, I won't touch any of this software for a
>>>> long,
>>>> long time. There are just too many issues and problems here. Restoring
>>>> all
>>>> my programs in an emergency pales to insignificance compared with the
>>>> time
>>>> and hassle spent so far.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in anticipation,
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org>
>>>> Newsgroups:
>>>> microsoft.public.windowsxp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:28 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: error loading os
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Yes it will get rebuilt and yes, if that's not deleted then cloning
>>>>> just the partition image itself can cause some less than desirable
>>>>> results. In fact if you check
>>>>> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\KeysNotToRestore
>>>>> MS back up / restore tools don't restore that key.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:426ad507$0$261$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>> Presumably XP will just rebuild this from scratch again? Do you think
>>>>>> that is what stopped the clone booting when it almost got to the
>>>>>> login screen and then reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:uYWfr46RFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Prior to the clone, delete all but the default value from
>>>>>>> HKLM\system\mounteddevices.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently
>>>>>>> advanced.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:4268bb5e$0$300$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>>> OK, we're making some progress here. I can now make and restore a
>>>>>>>> clone copy in Acronis 8.0.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I need to follow these steps EXACTLY.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1. Don't format or give a drive letter to the recipient drive
>>>>>>>> (Maxtor first partition here)
>>>>>>>> 2. Use Acronis from boot CD not XP
>>>>>>>> 3. Swap SATA cables before rebooting so Maxtor drive is now on same
>>>>>>>> cable as original Seagate
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And this is the killer - if I don't do one of these and the cloning
>>>>>>>> process fails, than it will ALWAYS fail UNTIL I do a disk copy with
>>>>>>>> Acronis. This overwrites my entire drive and it's not entirely
>>>>>>>> convenient to ship out 100GB of data to somewhere else. (Andrew
>>>>>>>> mentions earlier in the thread a method using recovery console
>>>>>>>> which I'll try if I need to in future.) And bizarrely this not only
>>>>>>>> clones the drive correctly, but it puts it back to normal such that
>>>>>>>> I can now successfully clone a partition.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So, what on earth is going on here? Why did the boot sector get
>>>>>>>> screwed up ( I assume that's what it was) and why did none of the
>>>>>>>> standard fixes for this type of problem not work - fixboot /fixmbr?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I gather at least some of this is caused by me using SATA drives.
>>>>>>>> Perhaps there will be no such problems with Ghost 10.0 and Acronis
>>>>>>>> 9.0?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple
>>>>>>>>> clone of my Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
>>>>>>>>> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial
>>>>>>>>> software. In most cases I got as far as a login screen and it
>>>>>>>>> reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor. I always remove
>>>>>>>>> Seagate before trying to boot with the cloned Maxtor. The only
>>>>>>>>> thing that did consistently work was Acronis Migrate Easy, but the
>>>>>>>>> problem is that you need to copy the entire disk. That means
>>>>>>>>> overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it did
>>>>>>>>> work. Now why did it, and not the others?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was
>>>>>>>>> getting 'error loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back
>>>>>>>>> to Acronis, that was also giving this message, and not even
>>>>>>>>> attempting to boot as it had previosly done. I tried using sysprep
>>>>>>>>> with the same result.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor, using
>>>>>>>>> fdisk and dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using the
>>>>>>>>> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive. No,
>>>>>>>>> I get the same message when it gets to the booting from disk
>>>>>>>>> stage.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I
>>>>>>>>> need to do a low level format to get this drive back to normal
>>>>>>>>> shipping condition. If so, could someone tell me how, and what
>>>>>>>>> software to use, as I've done this before.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of
>>>>>>>>> people it seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost or
>>>>>>>>> Acronis. For many others including me, it just doesn't seem to
>>>>>>>>> work, and I've seen the same issues reported over and over with no
>>>>>>>>> workable solutions.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help.
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dave Cockram
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

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First rule when dealing with multiple partitions is that drive lettering is
fluid and meaningless.

See other post since it's time to figure out exactly where you think you are
and where you're going.

--
Walter Clayton
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.


"David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:426be1d1$0$302$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>I also just noticed that my drive letter asignments are all screwed up.
>
> The Seagate (SATA 1) should be C,D,E with C being active. It is now F,D,E
> with D being active (OS is on F).
> The Maxtor (SATA 2) should be F, active. It is now C, active.
>
> Dave
>
> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:426bb863$0$337$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>> The boot.ini file drom the Seagate (problem drive - SATA 1) appears to be
>> missing. I don't know if that's because I'm now bootiing from the other
>> drive.
>>
>> boot.ini from the Maxtor drive I'm now using - SATA 2
>>
>> [boot loader]
>> timeout=30
>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
>> [operating systems]
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
>> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
>>
>>
>> PARTINFO 1.09
>> Copyright (C) 1996-2003, TeraByte Unlimited. All rights reserved.
>>
>> Run date: 04/24/2005 16:06
>>
>> ====================================================================
>> MBR Partition Information (HD0):
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> | 0: | 0 | 1 0 1 | f | 1023 254 63 | 16065 | 81899370 |
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> Volume Information
>> +----+----+-------------+----+-------------+-----------+-----------+
>> | 0: | 0 | 1 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 81899307 |
>> | 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> | 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> MBR Partition Information (HD0) Continued:
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> | 1: | 80 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 81915435 | 252075915 |
>> | 2: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 333991350 | 252075915 |
>> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 16128 Total Sectors: 81899307
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 63
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x04E1AF2A
>> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x04E1AF2
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0x22F802A6F8027875
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 81915435 Total Sectors: 252075915 ID: 0x2
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 81915435
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x0F065F8A
>> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0F065F8
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0xD400C167C150E2
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 333991350 Total Sectors: 252075915 ID: 0x3
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 333991350
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x0F065F8A
>> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0F065F8
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0xA478DD6678DD382E
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ====================================================================
>> MBR Partition Information (HD1):
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> | 0: | 80 | 0 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 38539872 |
>> | 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> | 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 63 Total Sectors: 38539872 ID: 0x1
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 63
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x024C1258
>> MFT LCN: 0x0B42FF
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x03D54EA
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0x4228D79E28D78EF3
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>> news:426bb50b$0$335$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>> Thanks Walter,
>>>
>>> I'll do it now, but in the meantime, I'm only up and running on my
>>> second hard drive, the Maxtor. The Seagate which has the problem is
>>> inaccessable. I don't know if that affects things. Let me know if it
>>> does.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
>>> news:O3ISJHNSFHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>I assume you're up and running on the problematic platform? If so, go to
>>>>http://www.bootitng.com/utilities.html and download Partinfo. Unzip it
>>>>and run partinfW (yes, that W not O) from a command prompt as follows:
>>>>
>>>> partinfw >partinfo.txt
>>>> start notepad partinfo.txt
>>>>
>>>> Then copy and paste the contents back here. Also, do
>>>> start->run->c:\boot.ini and copy and paste the contents of boot.ini
>>>> back here as well.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think I know what your issue is now and it's going to revolve around
>>>> boot.ini and the mbr code and now that I've taken a really fast look at
>>>> Acronis, it may be the tool isn't the right tool for what you're
>>>> attempting. Or you may be using it wrong.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:426b9144$0$354$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>> Walter, HELP! ! !
>>>>>
>>>>> I deleted that key as suggested, HKLM\system\mounteddevices (except
>>>>> default
>>>>> value).
>>>>> Before restoring the clone onto the other drive I decided to just
>>>>> check the
>>>>> values in the key after rebooting and supposedly rebuilding.
>>>>>
>>>>> After entering my password at the log in screen, it immediately
>>>>> reverts to
>>>>> logging off . . .
>>>>> I have tried everything I can think of, safe mode, boot disk but can't
>>>>> log
>>>>> on any more.
>>>>>
>>>>> I then tried restoring the saved cloned partition to the other drive
>>>>> and got
>>>>> NTLDR is missing. So now I don't have any bootable drives.Back to
>>>>> Acronis
>>>>> boot CD to restore an earlier clone that worked and restored. The
>>>>> first
>>>>> partition, E: on the Maxtor was greyed out so I couldn't access it. I
>>>>> eventually used MaxBlast to repartition and then Acronis restore
>>>>> worked, and
>>>>> I'm now back to using an earlier saved clone that I've restored on the
>>>>> Maxtor. I haven't touched the Seagate C: so if there's a way of
>>>>> accessing
>>>>> and putting back this registry key (which I stupidly didn't feel the
>>>>> need to
>>>>> save) maybe I can get back to normal.
>>>>>
>>>>> I swear once this is over, I won't touch any of this software for a
>>>>> long,
>>>>> long time. There are just too many issues and problems here. Restoring
>>>>> all
>>>>> my programs in an emergency pales to insignificance compared with the
>>>>> time
>>>>> and hassle spent so far.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in anticipation,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org>
>>>>> Newsgroups:
>>>>> microsoft.public.windowsxp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:28 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: error loading os
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes it will get rebuilt and yes, if that's not deleted then cloning
>>>>>> just the partition image itself can cause some less than desirable
>>>>>> results. In fact if you check
>>>>>> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\KeysNotToRestore
>>>>>> MS back up / restore tools don't restore that key.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:426ad507$0$261$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>> Presumably XP will just rebuild this from scratch again? Do you
>>>>>>> think that is what stopped the clone booting when it almost got to
>>>>>>> the login screen and then reverted to a plain blue screen with
>>>>>>> cursor?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:uYWfr46RFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>> Prior to the clone, delete all but the default value from
>>>>>>>> HKLM\system\mounteddevices.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>>>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently
>>>>>>>> advanced.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:4268bb5e$0$300$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>>>> OK, we're making some progress here. I can now make and restore a
>>>>>>>>> clone copy in Acronis 8.0.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I need to follow these steps EXACTLY.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1. Don't format or give a drive letter to the recipient drive
>>>>>>>>> (Maxtor first partition here)
>>>>>>>>> 2. Use Acronis from boot CD not XP
>>>>>>>>> 3. Swap SATA cables before rebooting so Maxtor drive is now on
>>>>>>>>> same cable as original Seagate
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And this is the killer - if I don't do one of these and the
>>>>>>>>> cloning process fails, than it will ALWAYS fail UNTIL I do a disk
>>>>>>>>> copy with Acronis. This overwrites my entire drive and it's not
>>>>>>>>> entirely convenient to ship out 100GB of data to somewhere else.
>>>>>>>>> (Andrew mentions earlier in the thread a method using recovery
>>>>>>>>> console which I'll try if I need to in future.) And bizarrely this
>>>>>>>>> not only clones the drive correctly, but it puts it back to normal
>>>>>>>>> such that I can now successfully clone a partition.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So, what on earth is going on here? Why did the boot sector get
>>>>>>>>> screwed up ( I assume that's what it was) and why did none of the
>>>>>>>>> standard fixes for this type of problem not work - fixboot
>>>>>>>>> /fixmbr?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I gather at least some of this is caused by me using SATA drives.
>>>>>>>>> Perhaps there will be no such problems with Ghost 10.0 and Acronis
>>>>>>>>> 9.0?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple
>>>>>>>>>> clone of my Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
>>>>>>>>>> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial
>>>>>>>>>> software. In most cases I got as far as a login screen and it
>>>>>>>>>> reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor. I always remove
>>>>>>>>>> Seagate before trying to boot with the cloned Maxtor. The only
>>>>>>>>>> thing that did consistently work was Acronis Migrate Easy, but
>>>>>>>>>> the problem is that you need to copy the entire disk. That means
>>>>>>>>>> overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it
>>>>>>>>>> did work. Now why did it, and not the others?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was
>>>>>>>>>> getting 'error loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back
>>>>>>>>>> to Acronis, that was also giving this message, and not even
>>>>>>>>>> attempting to boot as it had previosly done. I tried using
>>>>>>>>>> sysprep with the same result.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor,
>>>>>>>>>> using fdisk and dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive.
>>>>>>>>>> No, I get the same message when it gets to the booting from disk
>>>>>>>>>> stage.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I
>>>>>>>>>> need to do a low level format to get this drive back to normal
>>>>>>>>>> shipping condition. If so, could someone tell me how, and what
>>>>>>>>>> software to use, as I've done this before.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of
>>>>>>>>>> people it seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost
>>>>>>>>>> or Acronis. For many others including me, it just doesn't seem to
>>>>>>>>>> work, and I've seen the same issues reported over and over with
>>>>>>>>>> no workable solutions.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help.
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Dave Cockram
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

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Walter,

Very simply, I'm just trying to undo the problems caused by deleting that
key.

Perhaps under most circumstances it can be deleted and it will rebuild, but
this is not what has happened here.

So I would like to get back to being able to boot from the first partition
(where the OS is) on the Seagate. The second partition is marked active at
the moment.

As for the wider picture, I had sorted out a method of cloning that worked
as long as I rigidly followed the steps I mentioned earlier. Otherwise I
never managed to boot the clone. I assumed that deleting that key would
answer that particular issue

Thanks,

Dave


"Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
news:uVL6CuPSFHA.3788@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> The partition structure is a bit weird. You have a logical with what
> appears to be a single volume followed by a couple of standard bootable
> primaries. In fact, the second partition is currently flagged as active.
>> MBR Partition Information (HD0):
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> | 0: | 0 | 1 0 1 | f | 1023 254 63 | 16065 | 81899370 |
>> MBR Partition Information (HD0) Continued:
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> | 1: | 80 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 81915435 | 252075915 |
>> | 2: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 333991350 | 252075915 |
>> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>
> The boot strap code would have to be in the second partition. That
> includes boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com. The arc statement for that
> partition will be tricky, that depends on from where you're loading the
> OS. If you're loading the OS from the same partition, using the current
> partition and volume tables, the arc statement should read
>
>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
>
> although the partition number might need be three depending on how things
> are counted (and I get really fuzzy on how the boot strap code counts
> logical partitions and volumes; I avoid placing logicals in front of
> non-logical volumes like the plague).
>
> Exactly what are you attempting to accomplish? One thing that sticks out
> is to move the logical higher in the partition table and drop the bootable
> primary in front of that.
>
> --
> Walter Clayton
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>
>
> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:426bb863$0$337$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>> The boot.ini file drom the Seagate (problem drive - SATA 1) appears to be
>> missing. I don't know if that's because I'm now bootiing from the other
>> drive.
>>
>> boot.ini from the Maxtor drive I'm now using - SATA 2
>>
>> [boot loader]
>> timeout=30
>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
>> [operating systems]
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
>> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
>>
>>
>> PARTINFO 1.09
>> Copyright (C) 1996-2003, TeraByte Unlimited. All rights reserved.
>>
>> Run date: 04/24/2005 16:06
>>
>> ====================================================================
>> MBR Partition Information (HD0):
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> | 0: | 0 | 1 0 1 | f | 1023 254 63 | 16065 | 81899370 |
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> Volume Information
>> +----+----+-------------+----+-------------+-----------+-----------+
>> | 0: | 0 | 1 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 81899307 |
>> | 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> | 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> MBR Partition Information (HD0) Continued:
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> | 1: | 80 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 81915435 | 252075915 |
>> | 2: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 333991350 | 252075915 |
>> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 16128 Total Sectors: 81899307
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 63
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x04E1AF2A
>> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x04E1AF2
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0x22F802A6F8027875
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 81915435 Total Sectors: 252075915 ID: 0x2
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 81915435
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x0F065F8A
>> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0F065F8
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0xD400C167C150E2
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 333991350 Total Sectors: 252075915 ID: 0x3
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 333991350
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x0F065F8A
>> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0F065F8
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0xA478DD6678DD382E
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ====================================================================
>> MBR Partition Information (HD1):
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> | 0: | 80 | 0 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 38539872 |
>> | 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> | 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 63 Total Sectors: 38539872 ID: 0x1
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 63
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x024C1258
>> MFT LCN: 0x0B42FF
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x03D54EA
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0x4228D79E28D78EF3
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>> news:426bb50b$0$335$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>> Thanks Walter,
>>>
>>> I'll do it now, but in the meantime, I'm only up and running on my
>>> second hard drive, the Maxtor. The Seagate which has the problem is
>>> inaccessable. I don't know if that affects things. Let me know if it
>>> does.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
>>> news:O3ISJHNSFHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>I assume you're up and running on the problematic platform? If so, go to
>>>>http://www.bootitng.com/utilities.html and download Partinfo. Unzip it
>>>>and run partinfW (yes, that W not O) from a command prompt as follows:
>>>>
>>>> partinfw >partinfo.txt
>>>> start notepad partinfo.txt
>>>>
>>>> Then copy and paste the contents back here. Also, do
>>>> start->run->c:\boot.ini and copy and paste the contents of boot.ini
>>>> back here as well.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think I know what your issue is now and it's going to revolve around
>>>> boot.ini and the mbr code and now that I've taken a really fast look at
>>>> Acronis, it may be the tool isn't the right tool for what you're
>>>> attempting. Or you may be using it wrong.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:426b9144$0$354$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>> Walter, HELP! ! !
>>>>>
>>>>> I deleted that key as suggested, HKLM\system\mounteddevices (except
>>>>> default
>>>>> value).
>>>>> Before restoring the clone onto the other drive I decided to just
>>>>> check the
>>>>> values in the key after rebooting and supposedly rebuilding.
>>>>>
>>>>> After entering my password at the log in screen, it immediately
>>>>> reverts to
>>>>> logging off . . .
>>>>> I have tried everything I can think of, safe mode, boot disk but can't
>>>>> log
>>>>> on any more.
>>>>>
>>>>> I then tried restoring the saved cloned partition to the other drive
>>>>> and got
>>>>> NTLDR is missing. So now I don't have any bootable drives.Back to
>>>>> Acronis
>>>>> boot CD to restore an earlier clone that worked and restored. The
>>>>> first
>>>>> partition, E: on the Maxtor was greyed out so I couldn't access it. I
>>>>> eventually used MaxBlast to repartition and then Acronis restore
>>>>> worked, and
>>>>> I'm now back to using an earlier saved clone that I've restored on the
>>>>> Maxtor. I haven't touched the Seagate C: so if there's a way of
>>>>> accessing
>>>>> and putting back this registry key (which I stupidly didn't feel the
>>>>> need to
>>>>> save) maybe I can get back to normal.
>>>>>
>>>>> I swear once this is over, I won't touch any of this software for a
>>>>> long,
>>>>> long time. There are just too many issues and problems here. Restoring
>>>>> all
>>>>> my programs in an emergency pales to insignificance compared with the
>>>>> time
>>>>> and hassle spent so far.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in anticipation,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org>
>>>>> Newsgroups:
>>>>> microsoft.public.windowsxp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:28 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: error loading os
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes it will get rebuilt and yes, if that's not deleted then cloning
>>>>>> just the partition image itself can cause some less than desirable
>>>>>> results. In fact if you check
>>>>>> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\KeysNotToRestore
>>>>>> MS back up / restore tools don't restore that key.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:426ad507$0$261$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>> Presumably XP will just rebuild this from scratch again? Do you
>>>>>>> think that is what stopped the clone booting when it almost got to
>>>>>>> the login screen and then reverted to a plain blue screen with
>>>>>>> cursor?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:uYWfr46RFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>> Prior to the clone, delete all but the default value from
>>>>>>>> HKLM\system\mounteddevices.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>>>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently
>>>>>>>> advanced.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:4268bb5e$0$300$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>>>> OK, we're making some progress here. I can now make and restore a
>>>>>>>>> clone copy in Acronis 8.0.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I need to follow these steps EXACTLY.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1. Don't format or give a drive letter to the recipient drive
>>>>>>>>> (Maxtor first partition here)
>>>>>>>>> 2. Use Acronis from boot CD not XP
>>>>>>>>> 3. Swap SATA cables before rebooting so Maxtor drive is now on
>>>>>>>>> same cable as original Seagate
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And this is the killer - if I don't do one of these and the
>>>>>>>>> cloning process fails, than it will ALWAYS fail UNTIL I do a disk
>>>>>>>>> copy with Acronis. This overwrites my entire drive and it's not
>>>>>>>>> entirely convenient to ship out 100GB of data to somewhere else.
>>>>>>>>> (Andrew mentions earlier in the thread a method using recovery
>>>>>>>>> console which I'll try if I need to in future.) And bizarrely this
>>>>>>>>> not only clones the drive correctly, but it puts it back to normal
>>>>>>>>> such that I can now successfully clone a partition.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So, what on earth is going on here? Why did the boot sector get
>>>>>>>>> screwed up ( I assume that's what it was) and why did none of the
>>>>>>>>> standard fixes for this type of problem not work - fixboot
>>>>>>>>> /fixmbr?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I gather at least some of this is caused by me using SATA drives.
>>>>>>>>> Perhaps there will be no such problems with Ghost 10.0 and Acronis
>>>>>>>>> 9.0?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple
>>>>>>>>>> clone of my Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
>>>>>>>>>> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial
>>>>>>>>>> software. In most cases I got as far as a login screen and it
>>>>>>>>>> reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor. I always remove
>>>>>>>>>> Seagate before trying to boot with the cloned Maxtor. The only
>>>>>>>>>> thing that did consistently work was Acronis Migrate Easy, but
>>>>>>>>>> the problem is that you need to copy the entire disk. That means
>>>>>>>>>> overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it
>>>>>>>>>> did work. Now why did it, and not the others?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was
>>>>>>>>>> getting 'error loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back
>>>>>>>>>> to Acronis, that was also giving this message, and not even
>>>>>>>>>> attempting to boot as it had previosly done. I tried using
>>>>>>>>>> sysprep with the same result.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor,
>>>>>>>>>> using fdisk and dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive.
>>>>>>>>>> No, I get the same message when it gets to the booting from disk
>>>>>>>>>> stage.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I
>>>>>>>>>> need to do a low level format to get this drive back to normal
>>>>>>>>>> shipping condition. If so, could someone tell me how, and what
>>>>>>>>>> software to use, as I've done this before.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of
>>>>>>>>>> people it seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost
>>>>>>>>>> or Acronis. For many others including me, it just doesn't seem to
>>>>>>>>>> work, and I've seen the same issues reported over and over with
>>>>>>>>>> no workable solutions.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help.
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Dave Cockram
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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"David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:426beea2$0$340$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> Walter,
>
> Very simply, I'm just trying to undo the problems caused by deleting that
> key.
>
> Perhaps under most circumstances it can be deleted and it will rebuild,
> but this is not what has happened here.

There are exceptions. I have such my self since I don't enumerate partitions
in default order, however this is, I'll have to admit, the first time I've
seen some one park a logical volume in front the boot partition. There are
some other reasons why this is going to be problematic on going other than
you're inability to do a simple partition clone of the system...

>
> So I would like to get back to being able to boot from the first partition
> (where the OS is) on the Seagate. The second partition is marked active at
> the moment.

OK. It's time to be *extremely* specific.
The first partition on your Segate is a logical volume. No BIOS can initiate
boot strap on that partition. The second partition in the partition table is
the active primary. That is the partition the BIOS will bootstrap. That is
the partition that must contain boot.init, ntldr and ntdetect.com. In turn
boot.ini must point to the partition from which the OS will loaded.
Depending on exactly how you got into the partition table layout you have,
specifically the timing therein, things may get a bit interesting since the
mounteddevices key has been clipped. The key is what was the OS partition
enumerated as when you set it up. Once boot.ini is straightened out, you may
have to use "last known good configuration' to get the mounteddevices values
back. As an aside, if you alter the physical layout of the Seagate now, you
could save your self a lot of grief and would not have to worry about the
old mounteddevices key.

One 'long' term issue I *think* you're going to have, is if you drop another
volume into the logical partition, it's going to hose the arc statement.

>
> As for the wider picture, I had sorted out a method of cloning that worked
> as long as I rigidly followed the steps I mentioned earlier. Otherwise I
> never managed to boot the clone. I assumed that deleting that key would
> answer that particular issue

I can get you back to where you want to go at present, but due to the
partition layout you have on the Seagate you're going to continue to have
some extreme difficulty in partition cloning of the OS instance. I can
understand exactly why you're having to jump through the hoops you are
though.

Pulling in the other post:
> Yes, those files are now all on the second (Non OS) partition.
>
> boot.ini
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=1
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>
> Can I perhaps copy them across and try rebooting? If so, exactly which
> files?

Yes, but I'd go a bit further since you're in hunt and peck mode at the
moment.
Modify the boot.ini as follows and note the change on the time out value.
You need the time to be able to select a different arc path.

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition 1" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition 2" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition 3" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition 4" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

In this way you can attempt to load each of the partitions. Also, bring the
image up in safe mode initially. Do not bring the machine up in normal mode
directly. Once up in safemode, use diskmgmt.msc to correct any drive letter
assignment problems you may have.

The other two files you need are ntldr and ntdetect.com.

Once you get where you want, you can delete the extraneous [operating
systems] statements from boot.ini.

 

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Yes, those files are now all on the second (Non OS) partition.

boot.ini

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

Can I perhaps copy them across and try rebooting? If so, exactly which
files?

Dave




"Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
news:uVL6CuPSFHA.3788@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> The partition structure is a bit weird. You have a logical with what
> appears to be a single volume followed by a couple of standard bootable
> primaries. In fact, the second partition is currently flagged as active.
>> MBR Partition Information (HD0):
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> | 0: | 0 | 1 0 1 | f | 1023 254 63 | 16065 | 81899370 |
>> MBR Partition Information (HD0) Continued:
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> | 1: | 80 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 81915435 | 252075915 |
>> | 2: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 333991350 | 252075915 |
>> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>
> The boot strap code would have to be in the second partition. That
> includes boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com. The arc statement for that
> partition will be tricky, that depends on from where you're loading the
> OS. If you're loading the OS from the same partition, using the current
> partition and volume tables, the arc statement should read
>
>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
>
> although the partition number might need be three depending on how things
> are counted (and I get really fuzzy on how the boot strap code counts
> logical partitions and volumes; I avoid placing logicals in front of
> non-logical volumes like the plague).
>
> Exactly what are you attempting to accomplish? One thing that sticks out
> is to move the logical higher in the partition table and drop the bootable
> primary in front of that.
>
> --
> Walter Clayton
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>
>
> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:426bb863$0$337$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>> The boot.ini file drom the Seagate (problem drive - SATA 1) appears to be
>> missing. I don't know if that's because I'm now bootiing from the other
>> drive.
>>
>> boot.ini from the Maxtor drive I'm now using - SATA 2
>>
>> [boot loader]
>> timeout=30
>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
>> [operating systems]
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
>> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
>>
>>
>> PARTINFO 1.09
>> Copyright (C) 1996-2003, TeraByte Unlimited. All rights reserved.
>>
>> Run date: 04/24/2005 16:06
>>
>> ====================================================================
>> MBR Partition Information (HD0):
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> | 0: | 0 | 1 0 1 | f | 1023 254 63 | 16065 | 81899370 |
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> Volume Information
>> +----+----+-------------+----+-------------+-----------+-----------+
>> | 0: | 0 | 1 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 81899307 |
>> | 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> | 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> MBR Partition Information (HD0) Continued:
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> | 1: | 80 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 81915435 | 252075915 |
>> | 2: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 333991350 | 252075915 |
>> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 16128 Total Sectors: 81899307
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 63
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x04E1AF2A
>> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x04E1AF2
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0x22F802A6F8027875
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 81915435 Total Sectors: 252075915 ID: 0x2
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 81915435
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x0F065F8A
>> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0F065F8
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0xD400C167C150E2
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 333991350 Total Sectors: 252075915 ID: 0x3
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 333991350
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x0F065F8A
>> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0F065F8
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0xA478DD6678DD382E
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ====================================================================
>> MBR Partition Information (HD1):
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> | 0: | 80 | 0 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 38539872 |
>> | 1: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> | 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 63 Total Sectors: 38539872 ID: 0x1
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 63
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x024C1258
>> MFT LCN: 0x0B42FF
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x03D54EA
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0x4228D79E28D78EF3
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>> news:426bb50b$0$335$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>> Thanks Walter,
>>>
>>> I'll do it now, but in the meantime, I'm only up and running on my
>>> second hard drive, the Maxtor. The Seagate which has the problem is
>>> inaccessable. I don't know if that affects things. Let me know if it
>>> does.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
>>> news:O3ISJHNSFHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>I assume you're up and running on the problematic platform? If so, go to
>>>>http://www.bootitng.com/utilities.html and download Partinfo. Unzip it
>>>>and run partinfW (yes, that W not O) from a command prompt as follows:
>>>>
>>>> partinfw >partinfo.txt
>>>> start notepad partinfo.txt
>>>>
>>>> Then copy and paste the contents back here. Also, do
>>>> start->run->c:\boot.ini and copy and paste the contents of boot.ini
>>>> back here as well.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think I know what your issue is now and it's going to revolve around
>>>> boot.ini and the mbr code and now that I've taken a really fast look at
>>>> Acronis, it may be the tool isn't the right tool for what you're
>>>> attempting. Or you may be using it wrong.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:426b9144$0$354$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>> Walter, HELP! ! !
>>>>>
>>>>> I deleted that key as suggested, HKLM\system\mounteddevices (except
>>>>> default
>>>>> value).
>>>>> Before restoring the clone onto the other drive I decided to just
>>>>> check the
>>>>> values in the key after rebooting and supposedly rebuilding.
>>>>>
>>>>> After entering my password at the log in screen, it immediately
>>>>> reverts to
>>>>> logging off . . .
>>>>> I have tried everything I can think of, safe mode, boot disk but can't
>>>>> log
>>>>> on any more.
>>>>>
>>>>> I then tried restoring the saved cloned partition to the other drive
>>>>> and got
>>>>> NTLDR is missing. So now I don't have any bootable drives.Back to
>>>>> Acronis
>>>>> boot CD to restore an earlier clone that worked and restored. The
>>>>> first
>>>>> partition, E: on the Maxtor was greyed out so I couldn't access it. I
>>>>> eventually used MaxBlast to repartition and then Acronis restore
>>>>> worked, and
>>>>> I'm now back to using an earlier saved clone that I've restored on the
>>>>> Maxtor. I haven't touched the Seagate C: so if there's a way of
>>>>> accessing
>>>>> and putting back this registry key (which I stupidly didn't feel the
>>>>> need to
>>>>> save) maybe I can get back to normal.
>>>>>
>>>>> I swear once this is over, I won't touch any of this software for a
>>>>> long,
>>>>> long time. There are just too many issues and problems here. Restoring
>>>>> all
>>>>> my programs in an emergency pales to insignificance compared with the
>>>>> time
>>>>> and hassle spent so far.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in anticipation,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org>
>>>>> Newsgroups:
>>>>> microsoft.public.windowsxp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:28 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: error loading os
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes it will get rebuilt and yes, if that's not deleted then cloning
>>>>>> just the partition image itself can cause some less than desirable
>>>>>> results. In fact if you check
>>>>>> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\KeysNotToRestore
>>>>>> MS back up / restore tools don't restore that key.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:426ad507$0$261$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>> Presumably XP will just rebuild this from scratch again? Do you
>>>>>>> think that is what stopped the clone booting when it almost got to
>>>>>>> the login screen and then reverted to a plain blue screen with
>>>>>>> cursor?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>> "Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:uYWfr46RFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>> Prior to the clone, delete all but the default value from
>>>>>>>> HKLM\system\mounteddevices.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Walter Clayton
>>>>>>>> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently
>>>>>>>> advanced.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:4268bb5e$0$300$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>>>> OK, we're making some progress here. I can now make and restore a
>>>>>>>>> clone copy in Acronis 8.0.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I need to follow these steps EXACTLY.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1. Don't format or give a drive letter to the recipient drive
>>>>>>>>> (Maxtor first partition here)
>>>>>>>>> 2. Use Acronis from boot CD not XP
>>>>>>>>> 3. Swap SATA cables before rebooting so Maxtor drive is now on
>>>>>>>>> same cable as original Seagate
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And this is the killer - if I don't do one of these and the
>>>>>>>>> cloning process fails, than it will ALWAYS fail UNTIL I do a disk
>>>>>>>>> copy with Acronis. This overwrites my entire drive and it's not
>>>>>>>>> entirely convenient to ship out 100GB of data to somewhere else.
>>>>>>>>> (Andrew mentions earlier in the thread a method using recovery
>>>>>>>>> console which I'll try if I need to in future.) And bizarrely this
>>>>>>>>> not only clones the drive correctly, but it puts it back to normal
>>>>>>>>> such that I can now successfully clone a partition.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So, what on earth is going on here? Why did the boot sector get
>>>>>>>>> screwed up ( I assume that's what it was) and why did none of the
>>>>>>>>> standard fixes for this type of problem not work - fixboot
>>>>>>>>> /fixmbr?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I gather at least some of this is caused by me using SATA drives.
>>>>>>>>> Perhaps there will be no such problems with Ghost 10.0 and Acronis
>>>>>>>>> 9.0?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:42680ba0$0$362$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>> I have 2 SATA drives, and I've been struggling to do a simple
>>>>>>>>>> clone of my Seagate C: partiton to a Maxtor F: partition.
>>>>>>>>>> I've tried Ghost 9.0, Acronis True Image 8.0 and other trial
>>>>>>>>>> software. In most cases I got as far as a login screen and it
>>>>>>>>>> reverted to a plain blue screen with cursor. I always remove
>>>>>>>>>> Seagate before trying to boot with the cloned Maxtor. The only
>>>>>>>>>> thing that did consistently work was Acronis Migrate Easy, but
>>>>>>>>>> the problem is that you need to copy the entire disk. That means
>>>>>>>>>> overwriting the other Maxtor partitions. But it proves that it
>>>>>>>>>> did work. Now why did it, and not the others?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Now whilst playing around with all this I noticed that I was
>>>>>>>>>> getting 'error loading os' when trying to boot. When I went back
>>>>>>>>>> to Acronis, that was also giving this message, and not even
>>>>>>>>>> attempting to boot as it had previosly done. I tried using
>>>>>>>>>> sysprep with the same result.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Then I tried removing partitions completely from the Maxtor,
>>>>>>>>>> using fdisk and dos to format, using Max Blast to format, using
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> XP repair tool, fixmbr, fixboot. You name it I tried it I think.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So I then thought I'd see if I could install XP on this drive.
>>>>>>>>>> No, I get the same message when it gets to the booting from disk
>>>>>>>>>> stage.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Firstly, any ideas what could have caused this, and secondly do I
>>>>>>>>>> need to do a low level format to get this drive back to normal
>>>>>>>>>> shipping condition. If so, could someone tell me how, and what
>>>>>>>>>> software to use, as I've done this before.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I've now done a fair bit of reading about cloning. For a lot of
>>>>>>>>>> people it seems to be a completely painless process using Ghost
>>>>>>>>>> or Acronis. For many others including me, it just doesn't seem to
>>>>>>>>>> work, and I've seen the same issues reported over and over with
>>>>>>>>>> no workable solutions.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ah well, I'll get there in the end. Maybe sooner with your help.
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Dave Cockram
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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Walter,
I had a play around with all this, but gave up in the end, and reinstalled
XP.

Could you have a look at this and tell me if it now seems 'normal'.

At this stage I would like to take regular backup images, (ideally using
Acronis, as I have that), and restore them to the Maxtor (HD1) for checking.
Can you forsee any problems now?

Finally, I believe it would be relatively easy to restore images to any of
the other partitions on say the Maxtor (there are three). Do I need to
modify boot.ini in order to access them. My BIOS has a boot loader if I
press F8 so would they then appear on it's menu?

Thanks,

Dave

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn


PARTINFO 1.09
Copyright (C) 1996-2003, TeraByte Unlimited. All rights reserved.

Run date: 04/26/2005 0:36

====================================================================
MBR Partition Information (HD0):
+====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
| 0: | 80 | 0 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 61432497 |
| 1: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 61432560 | 262309320 |
| 2: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 323741880 | 262325385 |
| 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
+====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 63 Total Sectors: 61432497 ID: 0x1
Jump: EB 52 90
OEM Name: NTFS
Bytes Per Sec: 512
Sec Per Clust: 8
Res Sectors: 0
Zero 1: 0x0
Zero 2: 0x0
NA 1: 0x0
Media: 0xF8
Zero 3: 0x0
Sec Per Track: 63
Heads: 255
Hidden Secs: 63
NA 2: 0x0
NA 3: 0x800080
Total Sectors: 0x03A962B0
MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
MFT Mirr LCN: 0x03A962B
Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
Volume SN: 0x844C0F974C0F8362
Checksum: 0x0
Boot Flag: 0xAA55
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 61432560 Total Sectors: 262309320 ID: 0x2
Jump: EB 52 90
OEM Name: NTFS
Bytes Per Sec: 512
Sec Per Clust: 8
Res Sectors: 0
Zero 1: 0x0
Zero 2: 0x0
NA 1: 0x0
Media: 0xF8
Zero 3: 0x0
Sec Per Track: 63
Heads: 255
Hidden Secs: 61432560
NA 2: 0x0
NA 3: 0x800080
Total Sectors: 0x0FA285C7
MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0FA285C
Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
Volume SN: 0xF2281E1A281DDF03
Checksum: 0x0
Boot Flag: 0xAA55
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 323741880 Total Sectors: 262325385 ID: 0x3
Jump: EB 52 90
OEM Name: NTFS
Bytes Per Sec: 512
Sec Per Clust: 8
Res Sectors: 0
Zero 1: 0x0
Zero 2: 0x0
NA 1: 0x0
Media: 0xF8
Zero 3: 0x0
Sec Per Track: 63
Heads: 255
Hidden Secs: 323741880
NA 2: 0x0
NA 3: 0x800080
Total Sectors: 0x0FA2C488
MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0FA2C48
Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
Volume SN: 0x7AB4DECCB4DE89D1
Checksum: 0x0
Boot Flag: 0xAA55
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
====================================================================
MBR Partition Information (HD1):
+====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
| 0: | 80 | 0 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 38539872 |
| 1: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 38539935 | 274036770 |
| 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
+====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 63 Total Sectors: 38539872 ID: 0x1
Jump: EB 52 90
OEM Name: NTFS
Bytes Per Sec: 512
Sec Per Clust: 8
Res Sectors: 0
Zero 1: 0x0
Zero 2: 0x0
NA 1: 0x0
Media: 0xF8
Zero 3: 0x0
Sec Per Track: 63
Heads: 255
Hidden Secs: 63
NA 2: 0x0
NA 3: 0x800080
Total Sectors: 0x024C1258
MFT LCN: 0x0B42FF
MFT Mirr LCN: 0x03D54EA
Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
Volume SN: 0x4228D79E28D78EF3
Checksum: 0x0
Boot Flag: 0xAA55
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 38539935 Total Sectors: 274036770 ID: 0x2
Jump: EB 52 90
OEM Name: NTFS
Bytes Per Sec: 512
Sec Per Clust: 8
Res Sectors: 0
Zero 1: 0x0
Zero 2: 0x0
NA 1: 0x0
Media: 0xF8
Zero 3: 0x0
Sec Per Track: 63
Heads: 255
Hidden Secs: 38539935
NA 2: 0x0
NA 3: 0x800080
Total Sectors: 0x010557821
MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
MFT Mirr LCN: 0x01055782
Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
Volume SN: 0x7E38F7BF38F7750D
Checksum: 0x0
Boot Flag: 0xAA55
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

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This structure looks better as long as you don't introduce a logical volume
in the mix at some point in time, based on what you're intending. If you do,
you're going to have some issues with partition enumeration.

I'm looking at the Acronis web site and what I don't see right off hand is a
boot manager as part of your package. It appears that with a different
package, you can get a boot manager, but I don't have any hands on with it.
I can't tell if it's capable of doing what needs be done in order to
actually fire up an OS image from a different BIOS enumerated device. It
sort of implies that it can, but I since they make a rather outrageous claim
regarding performance, I can't trust what I'm reading. Regardless, one of
the issues is going to revolve around the mounteddevices key and the
secondary issue is with how devices and partitions are enumerated during
system startup. I don't see a practical way, with the tools you have, to
validate a partition image outside of restoring it in-situ. Even if you clip
the mounteddevices key in advance of snapping an image, and configure the
BIOS to bootstrap HD1 instead of HD0 you're going to get hosed when
partitions are reenumerated. And if you don't clip the key, you're going to
get hosed when the system attempts to mount the first partition on HD0 as
the system image.

You're either going to have to trust the product or not. If not, then use
what I use which is a little bit cheaper and that's BootItNG.

BTW: I do have to disagree with a site that claims, right on their main
page:

"Partitioning The Hard Disk Increases Performance ..".

when it does exactly the opposite. It's sort of an instant turn off for me
especially when I dig into the details of the article and see the other
mistakes. Then again, when talking about marketing hype...

--
Walter Clayton
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.


"David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:426d8191$0$375$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> Walter,
> I had a play around with all this, but gave up in the end, and reinstalled
> XP.
>
> Could you have a look at this and tell me if it now seems 'normal'.
>
> At this stage I would like to take regular backup images, (ideally using
> Acronis, as I have that), and restore them to the Maxtor (HD1) for
> checking. Can you forsee any problems now?
>
> Finally, I believe it would be relatively easy to restore images to any of
> the other partitions on say the Maxtor (there are three). Do I need to
> modify boot.ini in order to access them. My BIOS has a boot loader if I
> press F8 so would they then appear on it's menu?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>
>
> PARTINFO 1.09
> Copyright (C) 1996-2003, TeraByte Unlimited. All rights reserved.
>
> Run date: 04/26/2005 0:36
>
> ====================================================================
> MBR Partition Information (HD0):
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> | 0: | 80 | 0 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 61432497 |
> | 1: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 61432560 | 262309320 |
> | 2: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 323741880 | 262325385 |
> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 63 Total Sectors: 61432497 ID: 0x1
> Jump: EB 52 90
> OEM Name: NTFS
> Bytes Per Sec: 512
> Sec Per Clust: 8
> Res Sectors: 0
> Zero 1: 0x0
> Zero 2: 0x0
> NA 1: 0x0
> Media: 0xF8
> Zero 3: 0x0
> Sec Per Track: 63
> Heads: 255
> Hidden Secs: 63
> NA 2: 0x0
> NA 3: 0x800080
> Total Sectors: 0x03A962B0
> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x03A962B
> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
> Volume SN: 0x844C0F974C0F8362
> Checksum: 0x0
> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 61432560 Total Sectors: 262309320 ID: 0x2
> Jump: EB 52 90
> OEM Name: NTFS
> Bytes Per Sec: 512
> Sec Per Clust: 8
> Res Sectors: 0
> Zero 1: 0x0
> Zero 2: 0x0
> NA 1: 0x0
> Media: 0xF8
> Zero 3: 0x0
> Sec Per Track: 63
> Heads: 255
> Hidden Secs: 61432560
> NA 2: 0x0
> NA 3: 0x800080
> Total Sectors: 0x0FA285C7
> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0FA285C
> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
> Volume SN: 0xF2281E1A281DDF03
> Checksum: 0x0
> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 323741880 Total Sectors: 262325385 ID: 0x3
> Jump: EB 52 90
> OEM Name: NTFS
> Bytes Per Sec: 512
> Sec Per Clust: 8
> Res Sectors: 0
> Zero 1: 0x0
> Zero 2: 0x0
> NA 1: 0x0
> Media: 0xF8
> Zero 3: 0x0
> Sec Per Track: 63
> Heads: 255
> Hidden Secs: 323741880
> NA 2: 0x0
> NA 3: 0x800080
> Total Sectors: 0x0FA2C488
> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0FA2C48
> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
> Volume SN: 0x7AB4DECCB4DE89D1
> Checksum: 0x0
> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ====================================================================
> MBR Partition Information (HD1):
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> | 0: | 80 | 0 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 38539872 |
> | 1: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 38539935 | 274036770 |
> | 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
> BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 63 Total Sectors: 38539872 ID: 0x1
> Jump: EB 52 90
> OEM Name: NTFS
> Bytes Per Sec: 512
> Sec Per Clust: 8
> Res Sectors: 0
> Zero 1: 0x0
> Zero 2: 0x0
> NA 1: 0x0
> Media: 0xF8
> Zero 3: 0x0
> Sec Per Track: 63
> Heads: 255
> Hidden Secs: 63
> NA 2: 0x0
> NA 3: 0x800080
> Total Sectors: 0x024C1258
> MFT LCN: 0x0B42FF
> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x03D54EA
> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
> Volume SN: 0x4228D79E28D78EF3
> Checksum: 0x0
> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 38539935 Total Sectors: 274036770 ID: 0x2
> Jump: EB 52 90
> OEM Name: NTFS
> Bytes Per Sec: 512
> Sec Per Clust: 8
> Res Sectors: 0
> Zero 1: 0x0
> Zero 2: 0x0
> NA 1: 0x0
> Media: 0xF8
> Zero 3: 0x0
> Sec Per Track: 63
> Heads: 255
> Hidden Secs: 38539935
> NA 2: 0x0
> NA 3: 0x800080
> Total Sectors: 0x010557821
> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x01055782
> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
> Volume SN: 0x7E38F7BF38F7750D
> Checksum: 0x0
> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

OK, thanks for all that advice Walter. I used a trial version of BootItNG
some years ago, so I'll check it out again.

One final thing. Presumably it's ok to restore a cloned HD0 partition
to HD1. Then to remove HD0 and replace it with HD1 and reboot. That isn't
going to
affect anything when I revert back to normal is it?

Dave

"Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvpsAM.org> wrote in message
news:uUI0Q3fSFHA.3076@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> This structure looks better as long as you don't introduce a logical
> volume in the mix at some point in time, based on what you're intending.
> If you do, you're going to have some issues with partition enumeration.
>
> I'm looking at the Acronis web site and what I don't see right off hand is
> a boot manager as part of your package. It appears that with a different
> package, you can get a boot manager, but I don't have any hands on with
> it. I can't tell if it's capable of doing what needs be done in order to
> actually fire up an OS image from a different BIOS enumerated device. It
> sort of implies that it can, but I since they make a rather outrageous
> claim regarding performance, I can't trust what I'm reading. Regardless,
> one of the issues is going to revolve around the mounteddevices key and
> the secondary issue is with how devices and partitions are enumerated
> during system startup. I don't see a practical way, with the tools you
> have, to validate a partition image outside of restoring it in-situ. Even
> if you clip the mounteddevices key in advance of snapping an image, and
> configure the BIOS to bootstrap HD1 instead of HD0 you're going to get
> hosed when partitions are reenumerated. And if you don't clip the key,
> you're going to get hosed when the system attempts to mount the first
> partition on HD0 as the system image.
>
> You're either going to have to trust the product or not. If not, then use
> what I use which is a little bit cheaper and that's BootItNG.
>
> BTW: I do have to disagree with a site that claims, right on their main
> page:
>
> "Partitioning The Hard Disk Increases Performance ..".
>
> when it does exactly the opposite. It's sort of an instant turn off for
> me especially when I dig into the details of the article and see the other
> mistakes. Then again, when talking about marketing hype...
>
> --
> Walter Clayton
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>
>
> "David Cockram" <david.cockram@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:426d8191$0$375$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
>> Walter,
>> I had a play around with all this, but gave up in the end, and
>> reinstalled XP.
>>
>> Could you have a look at this and tell me if it now seems 'normal'.
>>
>> At this stage I would like to take regular backup images, (ideally using
>> Acronis, as I have that), and restore them to the Maxtor (HD1) for
>> checking. Can you forsee any problems now?
>>
>> Finally, I believe it would be relatively easy to restore images to any
>> of the other partitions on say the Maxtor (there are three). Do I need to
>> modify boot.ini in order to access them. My BIOS has a boot loader if I
>> press F8 so would they then appear on it's menu?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> [boot loader]
>> timeout=30
>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
>> [operating systems]
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
>> Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>>
>>
>> PARTINFO 1.09
>> Copyright (C) 1996-2003, TeraByte Unlimited. All rights reserved.
>>
>> Run date: 04/26/2005 0:36
>>
>> ====================================================================
>> MBR Partition Information (HD0):
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> | 0: | 80 | 0 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 61432497 |
>> | 1: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 61432560 | 262309320 |
>> | 2: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 323741880 | 262325385 |
>> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 63 Total Sectors: 61432497 ID: 0x1
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 63
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x03A962B0
>> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x03A962B
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0x844C0F974C0F8362
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 61432560 Total Sectors: 262309320 ID: 0x2
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 61432560
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x0FA285C7
>> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0FA285C
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0xF2281E1A281DDF03
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 323741880 Total Sectors: 262325385 ID: 0x3
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 323741880
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x0FA2C488
>> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x0FA2C48
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0x7AB4DECCB4DE89D1
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ====================================================================
>> MBR Partition Information (HD1):
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> | 0: | 80 | 0 1 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 63 | 38539872 |
>> | 1: | 0 | 1023 0 1 | 7 | 1023 254 63 | 38539935 | 274036770 |
>> | 2: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> | 3: | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 | 0 |
>> +====+====+=============+====+=============+===========+===========+
>> BOOT SECTOR INFORMATION
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 63 Total Sectors: 38539872 ID: 0x1
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 63
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x024C1258
>> MFT LCN: 0x0B42FF
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x03D54EA
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0x4228D79E28D78EF3
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> File System ID: 0x7 LBA: 38539935 Total Sectors: 274036770 ID: 0x2
>> Jump: EB 52 90
>> OEM Name: NTFS
>> Bytes Per Sec: 512
>> Sec Per Clust: 8
>> Res Sectors: 0
>> Zero 1: 0x0
>> Zero 2: 0x0
>> NA 1: 0x0
>> Media: 0xF8
>> Zero 3: 0x0
>> Sec Per Track: 63
>> Heads: 255
>> Hidden Secs: 38539935
>> NA 2: 0x0
>> NA 3: 0x800080
>> Total Sectors: 0x010557821
>> MFT LCN: 0x0C0000
>> MFT Mirr LCN: 0x01055782
>> Clust Per FRS: 0xF6
>> Clust Per IBlock: 0x1
>> Volume SN: 0x7E38F7BF38F7750D
>> Checksum: 0x0
>> Boot Flag: 0xAA55
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>