boot problem

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Hi I've cloned a windows installation to a new hard drive.
The cloning went allright.
I can mount the partition on another system and read the whole filesystem
(NTFS).
But it doesn't boot: it doesn't even give any error message.

What is strange is that the recovery console sees a Window xp install: I can
log into it. bootcfg /scan confirms that there is a Windows XP, and the
boot.ini file is allright.

I tried fixboot, fixmbr, I've run chkdsk /r on the partition, but nothing
helped.

My partition table seems allright.

What may be wrong?

It's a Packard Bell computer with a hidden (restore) partition before the
active NTFS partition.
.

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