Re: True Image Nightmare (XP not booting)
- From: "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:17:12 -0400
You imaged the XP partition but, unfortunately, there are a few critical
files that are ALWAYS installed to drive C, no matter where Windows XP is
installed. In this case I'd bet it was installed to drive D - E - or some
other designation.
Now you will have to boot from the XP CD and perform a repair install to
rectify the problem. You will still have problems with programs running
correctly because many pieces will be missing and the registry will contain
many errors.
Best to just start fresh!
--
Regards,
Richard Urban
aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
"DJ" <anon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Last week I was asked to delete the 98 boot partition on a dual-boot
> system, and allocate the freed-up space to the remaining XP boot
> partition. I used Acronis True Image to image the XP partition, then
> deleted both boot partition's and restored the XP partition from the
> image. Whilst it should have been straight forward, it turned out to
> be a f**cking nightmare, 'cos XP froze before reaching the logon
> screen afterwards.
>
> I've come across the problem where XP won't boot before, usually down
> to the fact that the GUID that it's allocated to the C: partition is
> different to the new C: partition's GUID, so it allocates the next
> available letter to the 'new' partition, and therefore XP can't find
> the files it needs because it expects them to be on the C: partition.
>
> I would have thought that True Image should copy and restore this GUID
> when imaging a partition, but it didn't seem to.
>
> Running FIXBOOT and FIXMBR from the XP recovery console didn't fix the
> problem, and after hours of panic, I found a webpage that advised me
> to boot from a 98 Boot floppy and run fdisk /mbr to fix the mbr on the
> C: partition. This wasn't made any easier by the fact that the floppy
> drive in the PC in question didn't work, so I had to remove one from
> another PC and connect it up temporarily, but much to my relief, it
> worked. I don't know how common this scenario is, but I've come across
> it enough times to wish that the recovery console provided a way to
> sort this out. Perhaps a command that clears the GUID's in the
> registry that are already assigned to partitions would allow XP to
> designate the first partition as C: on the next boot.
>
> Just posting this in case it helps anyone in the future, 'cos I'd hate
> anyone else to go through the stress I did.
>
> DJ
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