Re: Win2k Ghost/Clone Laptop HD - Boot hanging

From: Dan Seur (click_at_casta.net)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:40:42 -0400

Dan - thanks, that's a neat website. :-)

I'm Dan wrote:

> "deep3mixdiver" <deep3mixdiver@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I have a thinkpad T23 w/ a 20gig HD. I have hooked up a new
>>80gig Hitachi HD via USB to the thinkpad. I have used
>>Symantec/Norton Ghost 2003 to CLONE the 20gig HD to
>>the 80gig HD. When the clone process is completed, I can
>>browse the USB 80 gig and see all my files are there!
>>When I replace the 20gig with the 80gig the system fails to
>>boot (no error message - just hangs w/ a flashing cursor -
>>somewhere after the initial post).
>
>
> There are two common "gotchas" that can trip up attempts to clone a NT/2K/XP
> operating system partition. Both are due to "features" in the NT-family
> OS's (NT/2K/XP/2003). A typical symptom of #1 is a flashing cursor on a
> black screen. A typical symptom of #2 is a system hang at the blue welcome
> or login screen.
>
> Gotcha #1: the boot.ini file in the partition points to the partition to be
> loaded, which may or may not be on the same partition. Make sure the
> ARCpath in the cloned partition's boot.ini file points to the proper
> partition - probably itself. (This is one area in which I prefer DriveImage
> 2002 to Ghost, as Ghost has a habit of "helping out" by changing the
> boot.ini to what it thinks it should be, which may be wrong if you're moving
> disks around). You'll find details on my webpage at
> www.goodells.net/multiboot/notes.htm#10 and
> www.goodells.net/multiboot/editbini.htm.
>
> Gotcha #2: the W2K registry "remembers" drive letters by unique partition
> signatures. If the new W2K is supposed to be 'C' but managed to think it's
> now some other drive letter, you need to make W2K forget the previously
> assigned drive letters and start over with fresh assignments. See
> www.goodells.net/multiboot/notes.htm#04 and the Kawecki trick in
> www.goodells.net/multiboot/notes.htm#03.
>
>
>

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