Re: Cloned SATA HDD not to boot XP SP1 (Dell Dimesion 4600)

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Jim wrote:

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The partition which the OP found contains Dell Diagnostic (which the
OP could have determined by reading the fine manual). My 4600 came
with a CD that has all of the diagnostics on it; thus, I see little
reason to worry about removing the partition from the disk.
Jim

I agree for Dell's with only a diagnostic partition only that is an option.
That doesn't solve the problem though. In order to press a function key to
boot to the diagnostic partition the boot sector is non-standard. If you
omit the diagnostic partition when cloning the drive the system may not boot
depending on the software you used for cloning. Going from a PATA to a SATA
drive exacerbates the problem. This can be fixed as I've already said with a
repair install or from the recovery console.

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
www.VistaHelp.ca


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