Re: FIXMBR ... I don't really know anything about nor have I tried Partition Magic's copy ...Michael Solomon MS-MVP...Backup is a PC User's Best Friend ... > master does not let the presumably identical OS boot.... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
Re: Looking for suggestions for bootcamp sessions ... > there is a way to have backup do this so that a new GUID isn't created. ... The EFI tools are certainly fodder for a bootcamp session.... EFI$CP is used to manage the boot partition.... (comp.os.vms)
Re: Cant set pagefile WinXP Home SP2 ... I ghosted the boot NTFS partition of this machine and upon exploring the ghost file discovered that pagefile.sys does indeed exist and hasn't been modified in 5 days despite my MANY reboots and setting changes. ... I need to delete this file by using a third party disk editor or disk tool set or I need to backup the partition, delete the file from the backup, then restore the backup over a freshly formatted partition. ... machine would boot but hang at the loading personal settings phase.... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
Re: Two "expert" issues I must solve before upgading ... In the partition that contains XP, there is special information in the ...boot sector which is specific to your XP installation and needs to be ... Only an image backup of the partition captures this ... For restore,... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers)
Re: Booting from second hard drive ... the boot process always begins with the ...>first partition on the first HD, ...>WinXP there. ... create backup images very methodically. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)