Acronis TI 2009 Cloned boot disk

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  1. pkincy

    pkincy Registered Member

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    I initially downloaded ATI Home 2009 to help do a dual boot install in my T61 Thinkpad with XP Pro and Windows 7.

    All worked well and I bought an ATI license to use for backkups.

    I currently run a main HDD with XPPro and a second WD 320 gb HDD in the UltraBay. No problems that I can't handle. (occasional BSOD on the XP Drive after using the Win 7 drive, but that is what backups are for).

    This weekend I wanted to use an external HDD to clone my main XP Pro drive rather than use backups. I successfully cloned the main HDD to an external (encl with the original SATA 80 gb HDD from Lenovo) or at least I thought it was successful.

    Unfortunately when trying to boot directly to the USB HDD I get a BSOD. When that happens on the main HDD with XPPro a Chkdsk /f will generally recover everything. The chkdsk function shows no problems on this external disk. I than changed AHCI to compatability in BIOS and tried again. Still BSOD. Next I installed the 80 gb HDD cloned from the main XP Pro disk in the Ultra bay to allow it to work directly with the Thinkpad. Still BSOD.

    Should a cloned boot HDD be bootable? If so any suggestions?

    Perry
     
  2. Brian K

    Brian K Imaging Specialist

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    Perry, usually Yes. But not with a ThinkPad.

    IBM laptops have atypical CHS geometry which doesn't match USB HD geometry. Most folks experience success by doing a reverse clone. Have the new HD mounted internally and the old HD attached by USB. Boot from the Acronis TI CD and perform the clone.

    Does that work?
     
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    Today,

    I did run a clone today from the internal HDD to the ultrabay HDD which is not a usb connection and it no longer gives me a bsod but still doesn't boot.

    I will retry it tonite and let you know.

    Thank you for the suggestion.

    Perry
     
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    The HDD cloned from within the Thinkpad will boot from within the puter. But not as a USB drive.

    That's OK as I simply want a bootable backup.

    Thank you.
     
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    When you create a clone, you have to let it boot once on its own. Then you can remove it from your computer.
     
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    Perry, any news for us?
     
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