Re: Boot problem, copied Master

From: Richard (hawkinsfamily3_at_DIGITbtinternet.com)
Date: 03/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 07:52:29 +0000 (UTC)

"William B. Lurie" <billurie@nospam.org> wrote in message
news:405E40EA.3040201@nospam.org...
> Richard wrote:
> > "William B. Lurie" <billurie@nospam.org> wrote in message
> > news:405E06D8.5010203@nospam.org...
> >
> >>Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User) wrote:
> >>
> >>>Drive Image compresses the image file so there might be a size
> >
> > differential.
> >
> >>>It certainly should be operational on the master drive and all you
> >
> > should
> >
> >>>have to do is use Drive Image to restore it to that drive.
> >>>
> >>>As far as the restoration process is concerned, the same holds true for
> >
> > the
> >
> >>>secondary drive. That said, I don't know if that will make it bootable
> >
> > as
> >
> >>>I've never done this operation to a separate hard drive on the same
> >
> > system.
> >
> >>>I would think if you are replacing one drive with the other there
should
> >
> > be
> >
> >>>no problem but if you have both drives installed, there might be an
> >
> > issue.
> >
> >>>One thought occurred to me, as oppose to setting the second drive as
> >
> > slave,
> >
> >>>have you considered making it a secondary master; this is only for the
> >>>purpose of having both drives installed at the same time as your
> >
> > previous
> >
> >>>configuration seemed to be. If it is simply replacing the master, then
> >
> > I
> >
> >>>would think setting it as the master drive would be the way to go.
> >>>
> >>
> >>Thanks, Michael. I'll study your advice some more later.
> >>Meanwhile---POP---- I believe you said you have done this
> >>exact operation numerous times. I have the Drive Image (NOT
> >>created by doing a 'copy') and it is all alone on a hard
> >>drive. I want to recreate the original from which I
> >>made that 'copy'. Can you tell me exactly how it is done?
> >>I believe the D-I manual says to boot to their PQRE
> >>(Recovery Environment) but my CD doesn't do that. I've messaged
> >>PQ asking what to do, but they are molasses in January at
> >>the North Pole when it comes to answers.
> >>
> >>--
> >> William B. Lurie
> >
> >
> >
> > You certainly should be able to boot from the Drive Image 7 CD into the
> > recovery environment. However this will not work if you do not already
have
> > Microsoft .Net Framework installed on your computer.
> > With the CD in the drive boot up and wait. There will be a white
progress
> > bar at the bottom of the screen followed by some black and some blue
> > screens. At some point you may be told that a network adapter was not
found.
> > Press OK. Do the same for the network interface screen. Now wait a bit
> > longer and the recovery environment screen will appear with the various
> > options that are available.
> >
> > The above procedure should be gone through as a test that you can get
into
> > and use the PQRE since this is the way to recover your complete system
from
> > saved images in the event of a disaster happening to your computer.
> > *********************************************************************
> Part of my restoring problem is that my DI-7 CD is supposed
> to boot right to the PQRE and it definitely does not. So I
> am unable to restore using the PQRE. The CD runs and gives the
> DI-7 but I have no way to get to PQRE. Remember, I need to get there
> COLD, not from Windows. I've bucked this problem to PowerQuest
> Symantec but they have managed to avoid responding to it.
> ***********************************************************************
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The points I outlined above were the first steps to be taken to boot COLD
into the PQRE.
You say that" The CD runs and gives the DI-7 but I have no way to get to
PQRE". If this happens you cannot be booting COLD from the CD with no
operating system loaded.
Here are some possibilities as to why you cannot boot from the PQ CD.
The CD drive must be bootable from the BIOS.
The CD must be in the drive before the re-start.
There is a message on the screen " Press any key to boot from the CD" It
only stays there for a few seconds and if missed the process halts.

Richard.

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