Re: Boot problem, copied Master
From: William B. Lurie (billurie_at_nospam.org)
Date: 03/22/04
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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 13:13:03 -0500
Richard wrote:
> "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
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>>>Microsoft .Net Framework installed on your computer.
>>>With the CD in the drive boot up and wait. There will be a white
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> 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
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> 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.
>>***********************************************************************
>
> "Snipped"
>
> 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.
>
>
Thanks for the suggestions, Richard, but unfortunately they do
not directly apply. Yes, with the DI-7 CD IN the drive on bootup,
and with the BIOS reading even CDROM, CDROM, CDROM as the 3
boot targets, it still does not see that CD. Something is missing
from my CD, and I don't have to tell you that molasses in January
at the North Pole moves faster than getting answers from PowerQuest.
--
William B. Lurie
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