Re: FIXMBR

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From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 03/07/04 

Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 21:20:15 -0800

That's what I meant, you'd have to reinstall everything on that drive.

The problem is, the RC won't see anything, there's no boot information and
that's what it's looking for to find the installed OSs so I don't think the
RC will do it. I think you need to change your methodology and frankly, I'm
not even sure a cloned image will guarantee the drive will boot but it's a
better shot than what you appear to have on that drive now. 

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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
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"William B. Lurie" <billurie@nospam.org> wrote in message 
news:ODMQzT$AEHA.3400@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Michael, I find no fault with installing a second OS from
> the start except that then I'd have only an OS; I want the OS
> with everything else, like all the applications. The idea of
> Drive Image is good, too, and maybe after I get my main system's
> MBR fixed I will do it that way. But my basic question now is
> that I have a new hard drive with the copied OS and apps on
> it, what shall I do to make it bootable? 6-floppy boot? Maybe
> the RC since I figure that copied with everything else? You
> say hardware board........a specific newsgroup you'd suggest?
>
> Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User) wrote:
>
>> I don't really know anything about nor have I tried Partition Magic's 
>> copy function.  If I wanted a fully bootable copy on a hard drive on the 
>> same system, I'd either install it separately, quite time consuming and 
>> I'm sure you wish to avoid or I'd use Drive Image or any such app to 
>> image it to the first drive to the second drive.
>>
>> I don't know if this works on a separate hard drive on XP, especially if 
>> it is removable or removed.  I don't know at what point you run into 
>> issues over the activation elements in XP, possibly corrupting the 
>> hal.dll in which case you'd have to do a repair install each time you 
>> wanted to boot from the other hard drive.  I'm not saying that's how it 
>> will happen, I have never tried what you are doing.
>>
>> Have you tried this question on the Hardware board.  Someone over there 
>> might have a better fix on this and better yet, are doing it and can 
>> guide you better.
>>
>
>
> -- 
>                    William B. Lurie

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