Cloning - Some clarification needed

SBacklin,

By boot screen, do you mean the WinXP logo screen where the logo is around 3 cm in size? Or another screen?

 

The screen that has the Windows Logo and says Windows XP with the blue progress bar scrolling horizontally at beneath it.

 

Usually the error is just after that but I'd try Method #3 anyway because it sounds like a drive letter problem. If you don't have a floppy drive there is a CD version.

http://www.goodells.net/multiboot/partsigs.htm#method3

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm Get the Win98 OEM.

 

Maybe but, how is it that I read other people clone like this without any problems. I am assuming I'm doing something wrong. LOL

 

If Method 3# works then I can guess what you are doing wrong.

 

Well for the sake of argument, it did work, what would I be doing wrong? Also, can you give me the best method (cloning or restoring) to use when trying to move to a different hard disk and give me the steps for the method of choice for future reference.

 

I'm not sure if you are serious. Did Method #3 work? Does your computer boot now?

 

LOL, sorry, mine was a serious question. Its just that the last attempt I made was a couple months ago with the HDs I currently have. I got my system the way I want it. I haven't tried again yet. I came across the thread and it reminded me of my issues I had and wanted to inquire. I am most likely going to get another hard drive in a couple months and was going to try and use TI10 to transfer which is another reason for my inquiry.

 

Understood. Typically this problem occurs if you break one or both "rules" of cloning.

http://www.goodells.net/multiboot/partsigs.htm

Dan Goodell is very specific. Make sure you remove the old HD from your computer before booting to the new HD and don't clone into a partition. Clone into unallocated space. These rules are flexible, with certain software less affected. Apart from my test below I've found TI very robust with cloning and imaging.

A test I did a few days ago is a good example of driver letter confusion with boot failure.

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=165181#14

 

I will keep that in mind. Thanks for your input. I appreciate it.

 

Give me a reminder when you are ready to go.

 

While I'm on the subject, has anyone had any success going from a RAID 0 setup to a non-RAID setup or visa versa?

 

I want to try and give this a try today. I use Windows Vista Home Premium. My OS is currently sitting on a 74GB Raptor drive. I now got a 80GB drive that I want to clone or move my OS over to. Can you point out what I should be doing to make a successful clone to the bigger HD? Thanks.

 

This link should help explain what to do Restoring to a replacement drive.