re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002
Friday, May 28, 2004 at 4:12 am
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Posted by Graham
(1 messages posted)
Had this problem and fixed it.
Seems Windows XP drive assignments expect to tie up with some drive identification
info in the Master Boot Record. So, of course, if you have restored a Drive Image
partition to a different disk then the disk ID info will not be what is expected
and although XP knows which partition it is supposed to start booting from it MAY
get confused when during the boot process it tries to assign drive letters. If it
cannot or does not assign C: to the required partition it stops.
So if you have a boot disk that enables you to boot to DOS (Win 98 boot disk etc
would do) then try:
FDISK /MBR
This clears the info that causes the problem but leaves the partition table intact.
It worked for me but note that messing with the MBR can be risky especially if you
use any dual boot tool that works through the MBR itself.
On Sunday, March 23, 2003 at 2:26 pm, cutie_pyie wrote:
>
>Hi all,
>I recently got a new notebook with XP Home on it and first things first - I downloaded
>and installed the SP1(a) service pack.
>As per Fred Langa's LangaList newsletter (which I love to read), I bought and installed
>Powerquest drive Image 2002 to make complete backup of my system. Anyhow - I was
>having trbl with getting Drive Image pgm to work and sent off an email to Powerquest
>who responded with the following:
>
>RE: Drive Image 2002
>Date :Fri, 21 Mar 2003 08:58:16 -0700
>Currently Drive Image does not support the changes Microsoft made with SP1 and 1a.
>I do not know if / when Drive Image 2002 will be compatible with those Service Packs.
>Alden T., MCP
>PowerQuest Technical Support
>
>I just am curious if anyone else has had problem with this version (the latest)
of
>Drive Image and what are my choices now?
>
>Thanks for ur help!
>Sincerely,
>CP
>
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