Cloned XP Professional boot partition - and lost the login prompt
From: shmthaus (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/13/04
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Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 16:28:40 -0700
Go to device mgr and set the hdd to generic and do
setupmgr and sysprep again.
Have tried this for processor, hdd and other devices when
trying to setup an image to use on different pc
configurations.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Before I go on, I'd like to point out I'm MCSA certified,
and I have
>deployed Windows 2000 and XP in corporate environments
using RIS, Unattended
>AND 3rd party imaging tools like Zenworks, Ghost and
DriveImage.
>
>I have a Seagate 60GB hard disk which has failed its
SMART test and is
>rapidly filling up with bad sectors. Thankfully, the 16GB
boot partition
>(FAT32) is secure enough at the moment to copy across to
another drive, and
>the other partitions (for data) are backed up. This is a
development / test
>machine, not networked, and is running XP Professional
with the Service Pack
>2 pre-release installed.
>
>Like I've done a thousand times before, I booted into
DOS, and cloned the
>active boot partition to a new hard drive (a Samsung)
using Norton Ghost,
>and did a bitwise comparison of the partition on both
drives. It did copy
>OK. I've checked the boot sector - fine.
>
>When I take the old HDD out and set the new one as
primary, it boots to the
>OS menu okay. DOS sees the same C drive as it did with
the old disk - a 16GB
>FAT32 partition containing a bunch of apps and a Windows
directory for XP
>Pro.
>
>XP boots OK, however the user list never appears on the
blue GUI screen.
>CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't do anything either.
>I get the same thing when I select Last Known Good, Safe
Mode, Safe Mode
>with Networking, and Safe Mode Command Prompt.
>
>I've cloned the drive a second time, this time using
Partition Magic 8, and
>AGAIN it's copied fine, verified OK, but still the same
problem.
>
>The swapfile is definitely copying over OK - I've
hardcoded XP to use a
>swapfile of 128MB, it's located on the FAT32 partition.
>
>The ONLY thing that's changed in the system, is the hard
drive, so AFAIK
>there should be no issue whatsoever in doing a forensic
clone of the boot
>partition from the old HDD to its replacement.
>
>So, I'm wondering if Device Manager is fixated on the
fact that the boot
>partition is located on a Seagate disk. Could that be the
reason why ONLY XP
>seems to have a tough time? In which case, what's the
simplest way to force
>it to recognise that the boot drive is now a Samsung?
>
>If I'm lucky I can copy it across a couple more times
before the Seagate
>gives out completely, so any suggestions would be
gratefully received.
>
>
>.
>
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