Re: powerquest drive image 2002 backup does not start after reboot

From: CS (nomail_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:33:49 -0600

On 15 Nov 2004 07:54:47 -0800, usenet_daughter@yahoo.com (Mad
Scientist Jr) wrote:

>I am running a fresh install of Win XP with svc pack 1. I just
>installed Powerquest drive image 2002 and attempted repeatedly to back
>up my system to CD-RW. I select the hard drive to backup and select my
>CD-RW as the destination drive and tell it to start operation now, and
>the program reboots the machine to complete the operation. However,
>upon startup nothing happens. Any idea? Is 2002 now obsolete with the
>XP service packs?

>hi and thanks for your reply.
>the thing is, pqdi 2002 *used to* work on my xp system.
>recently my hard drive died, so i had to rebuild the entire system.
>i did a fresh install of xp, and got all the updates,
>and installed pqdi 2002, and am now trying to back up the system
>(so i have a backup of a fresh install of xp before i load it up with apps)
>and am getting this problem. i never had this issue before.

You may have to edit your "virtual" boot disk in order for it to be
able to recognize and use your CDRW drive when it boots the machine to
make the image(s). ALSO - DI2002 will not work properly if you use
the "quick erase" feature to wipe your CDRW disks. You must use the
slow erase method or "full erase".

It's possible that under your old setup the virtual boot was working
OK and would proceed to copy the image to the CDRW drive. When you
reinstalled DI2002 to the new HDD, that information either may not be
correct or was never copied to the virtual boot disk option.

Personally, (and this is just me) I would not use DI2002 in that
manner. I would create the two boot disk set (with Caldera DOS on
them) and use that method to backup the HDD. I have found (again this
is just me) that DI2002 does not work reliably to copy and restore
from CDRW or CDR disks.

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