Re: Can't boot from cloned drive?

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Read the web page:

"Dynamic volumes that are created by Windows XP
do not place volume information about dynamic volumes
into the MBR partition table. In a Windows XP-based
computer, dynamic disks store their partition or volume
information in a database at the end of each dynamic disk."

When you converted the partitions to dynamic volumes,
the MBR lost the partition table information about the
partition locations. Just don't convert them to dynamic
volumes, and use a utility like Ghost or Casper XP
to clone the partition. You can download Casper XP for
a free 30-day trial from www.FSSdev.com/products/casperxp/.

As for all WinXP clones, when the cloning is complete,
shut down and disconnect the source HD. Then boot the
PC, and the destination HD will automatically boot up.
Then shut down, and position/jumper the HDs so that the
clone will be on the HD at the head of the HD boot order.
You can do this the no-brain way by jumpering the clone as
the "parent" had been jumpered, or in the case of Cable
Select, by swapping positions of the clone and "parent".
Or, you can go into the BIOS and simply move the clone
HD to the head of the HD boot order. Thereafter, the
clone may be started with the "parent" OS visible to it,
and it will only see its "parent" as just another file structure.

*TimDaniels*

"Olav" asked:
How is this relevant when Windows XP was already
installed on the disk?

Olav

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
Error Message About Partition Appears When You
Install Windows XP to a Dynamic Volume
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283421/en-us

--
Carey Frisch

"Olav" wrote:
I had Windows XP installed on a 32GB C partition
on a 250GB disk. Then I wanted to move the OS to
a 32GB partition on a 120GB disk instead. To clone
the disk, I took the 2 disks (the 250 GB OS disk and
the new 120 GB disk) and mounted on a Windows
Server 2003 computer. Then I converted the disks to
Dynamic and used NTFS mirroring to clone the 32 GB
OS partition to the 120GB disk. This disk has been
used as Windows XP OS disk previously. The problem
now is that neither the original disk or the new one will boot.
I only get the Windows XP logo for 2-3 seconds and then
the machine restarts.

.

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