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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re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Sunday, March 23, 2003 at 2:46 pm Posted by Steve (1481 messages posted) I use drive image 2002 to back-up weekly..and i have service pack 1.. the only thing that i've seen that might be a problem is when i restore from the back-up it sets my second partition as hidden, which i have to use Partition Magic to un-hide..can't find a way to do this in XP.. 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 > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Sunday, March 23, 2003 at 3:22 pm Posted by Bob Cerelli (2137 messages posted) I haven't had any problems with any version of Drive Image and XP. You can always just run it from a disk which works with everything, even server. Bob Cerelli 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 > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Sunday, March 23, 2003 at 3:45 pm Posted by jbs (1010 messages posted) I've used drive inage 2002 pro with and without sp1 and have had no problems with either. 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 > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Sunday, March 23, 2003 at 5:39 pm Posted by Tom McCune (735 messages posted) As far as I can tell, it works fine for me on my 3 or 4 week old laptop WinXPsp1, and my desktop upgraded to sp1 about two weeks ago. I'm made images with no problem, and have used the image viewer okay, but have not needed to restore any WinXP image. 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 > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Sunday, March 23, 2003 at 9:41 pm Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (4310 messages posted) I know exactly when Drive Image will "support" SP1/SP1a changes. When Drive Image 2003 is published. C'mon, guys, M$ isn't the only software company that can spell "planned obsolescence." ;-) 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 > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Monday, August 11, 2003 at 1:30 am Posted by David Ree (1 messages posted) I've just spent 3 days trying to get Drive Image to put a clean, working version of WIn XP onto a new Hard Disk I bought. I made an image and burned it to 5 CDs, then put it onto the new HD - didn't work. My system completely failed to recognize the new disk's WinXP. I then used Drive Image 2002's Copy Partition facility to copy my OS partition onto the new drive. That partly worked - the new HD's WinXP will boot up as far as the "Windows" screen, just before you are asked to log into your WInXP account. Then it freezes. I am most definitely annoyed. I have SP1 installed. I don't know whether this has anything to do with my DriveImage 2002 problem, though. Of course, if anyone has a suggestion to solve this for me that'd be great. 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 > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Saturday, October 18, 2003 at 8:33 am Posted by Hans-Peter Baule (1 messages posted) Hi, there you can find some information regarding your problem: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=249321 Hans-Peter. On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 1:30 am, David Ree wrote: >I've just spent 3 days trying to get Drive Image to put a clean, working version >of WIn XP onto a new Hard Disk I bought. I made an image and burned it to 5 CDs, >then put it onto the new HD - didn't work. My system completely failed to recognize >the new disk's WinXP. I then used Drive Image 2002's Copy Partition facility to copy >my OS partition onto the new drive. That partly worked - the new HD's WinXP will >boot up as far as the "Windows" screen, just before you are asked to log into your >WInXP account. Then it freezes. I am most definitely annoyed. I have SP1 installed. >I don't know whether this has anything to do with my DriveImage 2002 problem, though. > >Of course, if anyone has a suggestion to solve this for me that'd be great. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Saturday, December 20, 2003 at 11:26 am Posted by bobp (1 messages posted) I recently purchased a new 2.80 GHz P4 computer with 1 GB RAM running WinXP Home. The system has an Intel D865PERL motherboard running Intel's hyperthread technology. The system has a 120 GB hard drive with a primary partitionof 100 GB and an extended partition of 20 GB. Both partitons are formatted as NTFS. I purchased Drive Image 2002 in order to image the drive. The installation went fine, as did the configuration for the creation of an image on the extended partition (drive D). However, the system hangs during the reboot to DR DOS when it gets to the opening Drive Image splash screen. I had used DI 5.0 with my older computer (an AMD 1.5 GHz) and everything worked fine. When it exhibited the same problem with the new computer (hanging after booting to the DOS floppy image) I decided to get a new copy...but the same result occured. This strikes me as potentially a processor speed issue. Or could it be that it is because of the NTFS partitions (although that wasn't a problem with my older, slower unit)??? Any ideas on how to get around this??? Thanks much. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Sunday, December 28, 2003 at 6:13 am Posted by Bill Rice (2 messages posted) I have the exact same problem with Drive Image 2002 and Drive Image 5. Both ran on my old computer just fine. If you find a solution please contact me directly. Thanks On Saturday, December 20, 2003 at 11:26 am, bobp wrote: >I recently purchased a new 2.80 GHz P4 computer with 1 GB RAM running WinXP Home. >The system has an Intel D865PERL motherboard running Intel's hyperthread technology. >The system has a 120 GB hard drive with a primary partitionof 100 GB and an extended >partition of 20 GB. Both partitons are formatted as NTFS. I purchased Drive Image >2002 in order to image the drive. The installation went fine, as did the configuration >for the creation of an image on the extended partition (drive D). However, the system >hangs during the reboot to DR DOS when it gets to the opening Drive Image splash >screen. > >I had used DI 5.0 with my older computer (an AMD 1.5 GHz) and everything worked fine. > When it exhibited the same problem with the new computer (hanging after booting >to the DOS floppy image) I decided to get a new copy...but the same result occured. >This strikes me as potentially a processor speed issue. Or could it be that it is >because of the NTFS partitions (although that wasn't a problem with my older, slower >unit)??? > >Any ideas on how to get around this??? > >Thanks much. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 3:18 am Posted by simon livermore (1 messages posted) I too am having the exact same problem - drive image hangs after the splash screen. I have tried drive image 4 floppies and a bootable CD, drive image 2002 (v6) floppies and homemade bootable CD as well as the genuine install CD (which is bootable). All boot into DOS OK and hang at either the Drive Image splash screen or just after the splash disappears. I haven't tried installing the app in windows (because if I can't recover without the hassle of reinstalling windows just to let me reinstall an image of windows, whats the point!) Machine is dual xeon compaq evo w8000 running XP Pro and i have tried disbaling a bunch of bios settings to no avail.....so if anyine figures this one out I would be way pleased to read about it On Sunday, December 28, 2003 at 6:13 am, Bill Rice wrote: >I have the exact same problem with Drive Image 2002 and Drive Image 5. Both ran >on my old computer just fine. If you find a solution please contact me directly. >Thanks > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 5:14 am Posted by Bill Rice (2 messages posted) I solved my problem by installing version 7.0 which I got for $10 after rebate from Comp USA. What is nice about this version is that it never has to leave Windows to back up the drive. I did also find a reference to the fact that previous versions of Drive Image do not have support under DOS for USB devices (I have a wireless KB and mouse that use the USB port). However, I put reg mouse and KB on and still could not get version 5 or 6 to run. I am not sure when the Comp USA rebates expire - but you can check on their web site. BTW version 7 also backs up to network drives. On Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 3:18 am, simon livermore wrote: >I too am having the exact same problem - drive image hangs after the splash screen. >I have tried drive image 4 floppies and a bootable CD, drive image 2002 (v6) floppies >and homemade bootable CD as well as the genuine install CD (which is bootable). All >boot into DOS OK and hang at either the Drive Image splash screen or just after the >splash disappears. I haven't tried installing the app in windows (because if I can't >recover without the hassle of reinstalling windows just to let me reinstall an image >of windows, whats the point!) > >Machine is dual xeon compaq evo w8000 running XP Pro and i have tried disbaling a >bunch of bios settings to no avail.....so if anyine figures this one out I would >be way pleased to read about it > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Sunday, January 4, 2004 at 2:50 pm Posted by William Jacobs (2 messages posted) I had the same problem. Upgrade to Drive Image 7, which is compatable with Windows XP. (Drive Image 2002 is not compatable.) Costs about $39. 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 > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Saturday, April 17, 2004 at 9:32 am Posted by Terry Hornsby (4 messages posted) Drive Image 2002 won't let me image my hard drive either, but it will let me image my wife's. She has XP Home & I have XP Pro with SP1. As well as the SP1 problem, the Drive Image 2002 Error Documentation.pdf warns about large hard disk sizes & DOS memory issues. Drive Image 2002 crashes in Windows on my very large hard-disk'd computer. When you run it from the boot disk the Drive image utility attempts to load drivers into High Memory so there is enough memory to run the drive image program. But it doesn't work. There still isn't enough memory. The error documentation suggests various "cures", but none of them work. This might be because of SP1. Powerquest has recently been taken over by Symantec, which owns Drive Image's main rival, Norton Ghost. Their website offers no support but for the latest versions of Powerquest's software. So either buy the latest version of Ghost or the latest version of Drive Image & hope Symantec have done an SP1 fix for them both... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Sunday, April 18, 2004 at 1:52 pm Posted by cutie_pyie (3 messages posted) Terry, I finally got DI to work by making my partition to hold the images a FAT32 instead of a NTFS. And it has been working okay ever since! Try it and see if it works for you? CP On Saturday, April 17, 2004 at 9:32 am, Terry Hornsby wrote: >Drive Image 2002 won't let me image my hard drive either, but it will let me image >my wife's. She has XP Home & I have XP Pro with SP1. > >As well as the SP1 problem, the Drive Image 2002 Error Documentation.pdf warns about >large hard disk sizes & DOS memory issues. > >Drive Image 2002 crashes in Windows on my very large hard-disk'd computer. > >When you run it from the boot disk the Drive image utility attempts to load drivers >into High Memory so there is enough memory to run the drive image program. But it >doesn't work. There still isn't enough memory. > >The error documentation suggests various "cures", but none of them work. This might >be because of SP1. > >Powerquest has recently been taken over by Symantec, which owns Drive Image's main >rival, Norton Ghost. Their website offers no support but for the latest versions >of Powerquest's software. > >So either buy the latest version of Ghost or the latest version of Drive Image & >hope Symantec have done an SP1 fix for them both... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Sunday, April 18, 2004 at 2:22 pm Posted by Terry Hornsby (4 messages posted) FAT32 is a retrograde step as it can create stability problems. I've been doing some reading of the new version of Drive Image & it appears that it performs the image entirely within Windows, so the DOS memory problem should be eradicated. The other advantage of using it is that it has a kind of smart sectoring tool that limits the size of the image by leaving out blank (unused) sections of the disk. I have therefore ordered the upgrade from Dabs.com & will let you know how I get on with it! Terry. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Friday, May 28, 2004 at 4:12 am 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 > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Friday, May 28, 2004 at 7:18 am Posted by 666 (2255 messages posted) This images anything and it's free: http://ebcd.pcministry.com/ >I just am curious if anyone else has had problem with this version (the latest) of >Drive Image and what are my choices now? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image Ver7 Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 4:36 pm Posted by ben (1 messages posted) I am having difficulty with Ver 7 of DI. On my XP laptop with 256Mb I get message when trying to do an image of 40gig disk...."DI dosen't recognize there being 256Mb on this system (or something like that) I wonder if adding another 256 will help? Ben On Friday, May 28, 2004 at 7:18 am, 666 wrote: > >This images anything and it's free: http://ebcd.pcministry.com/ > >>I just am curious if anyone else has had problem with this version (the latest) >of >>Drive Image and what are my choices now? > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Sunday, July 25, 2004 at 6:48 am Posted by Jopio (1 messages posted) Hi, When testing Drive Image on a new installed PC with XP SP-1, I ran into the exact same problem. Created the Image without any problem, first to a partition on the same fysical disk, then to a set of two CD's. Restoring itself was no problem either, but when rebooting WinXP, the screen froze, just before logging in. After some retries I decided to use my Partition Magic v8.0 CD to boot my pc and see if I could discover anything strange. And.... Yes I did. My harddisk of 40 Gb is devided in 4 partitions of 10 Gb each, C, D, E and F. On C I normally install and run WinXP, D I use for data only, E is for Apps only and F is for pagefile (so it is not fragmented) and for writing images that I don't write to CD-RW. OK, when using Partition Magic (booted from the CD-Rom), I noticed that my C partition was visible and active, just as it should be. But the partitions D, E and F were all marked as HIDDEN partitions. Very strange. I verified later, when again (testing) restoring the image to the C partition, that the option 'hide other partitions after restore' (or something similar to this) was unchecked. It IS an option of Drive Image, but it doesn't seem to work properly, because in all my tests sofar all other partitions were hidden during restoring the image. Unhiding using Partition Magic helps every time and then Voila, XP runs like ever before. Surprise surprise !! Nothing found at symatec's site, nothing at all. Perhaps this is a bit long story, but I hope you all understand it and more than that I hope that it will help you solve your problem. To be honest, I don't know how you can solve this problem without a tool like Partition Magic. Just a small coincedence that both programs are from the same company... Kind regards, Jopio On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 1:30 am, David Ree wrote: >I've just spent 3 days trying to get Drive Image to put a clean, working version >of WIn XP onto a new Hard Disk I bought. I made an image and burned it to 5 CDs, >then put it onto the new HD - didn't work. My system completely failed to recognize >the new disk's WinXP. I then used Drive Image 2002's Copy Partition facility to copy >my OS partition onto the new drive. That partly worked - the new HD's WinXP will >boot up as far as the "Windows" screen, just before you are asked to log into your >WInXP account. Then it freezes. I am most definitely annoyed. I have SP1 installed. >I don't know whether this has anything to do with my DriveImage 2002 problem, though. > >Of course, if anyone has a suggestion to solve this for me that'd be great. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Monday, August 2, 2004 at 5:32 pm Posted by Mike Mello (1 messages posted) Drive Image 2002 will back up SP1a - but there doesn't seem to be a way to restore without dorking up the license. Example - a drive crashed, so I rebuilt an XP Pro system on an old 20GB drive. Then I installed SP1 and all the administrative updates. Then, using Drive Image 2002, an image was made of the "clean" install - which I then tried to restore to a larger drive. The system the drive was in was identical save for the hard drive being different. XP loads from the restore. Sort of. It then complains that the license can't be verified or some such rot. So much for using Drive Image to move XP to a larger drive. Confounded WPA. If there's a way around this foolishness, it would be welcome news. Mike 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 > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Sunday, January 9, 2005 at 8:50 am Posted by David Richard (2 messages posted) I had the same problem with getting my PC to boot w/ DR DOS, but got around it another way, by using win98 DOS instead. I'm sure there's more elegant ways to do this, but I did it the brute force way which was to do a win98SE install on an old HD and install Drive Image on that and then from there create my DOS diskettes with Drive Image. As I said, brute force, but it works! Cheers! On Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 5:14 am, Bill Rice wrote: >I solved my problem by installing version 7.0 which I got for $10 after rebate from >Comp USA. What is nice about this version is that it never has to leave Windows >to back up the drive. I did also find a reference to the fact that previous versions >of Drive Image do not have support under DOS for USB devices (I have a wireless KB >and mouse that use the USB port). However, I put reg mouse and KB on and still could >not get version 5 or 6 to run. I am not sure when the Comp USA rebates expire - >but you can check on their web site. BTW version 7 also backs up to network drives. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Monday, November 14, 2005 at 10:43 am Posted by David Deratany (170 messages posted) I recently tried to install DI 2002 to XP. It wouldn't allow it. You have to use DI 7, which, of course, won't install on 98. I was able, however, to restore an image made with DI 7 from WIN 98, and vice versa. Fortunately, both programs came together at one price. On Friday, May 28, 2004 at 4:12 am, Graham wrote: >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. > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 4:22 pm Posted by DJ (7 messages posted) TO HIDE OR UNHIDE DRIVES IN XP TRY A COPY OF TWEAKUI FROM THE POWERTOYS FOR XP FROM MICROSOFT http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsxp/ or just go to the administrative tools on the control panel and choose computer management from there you can modify the size of C: create additional backup drives, or modify thier size, or delete those you already have, then expand the original drive to emcompass the total drive capacity. personally I use drive image, but w/sp2 it will not make the rescue floppies in winxp, so I make them using an older system running windows me. On Sunday, March 23, 2003 at 2:46 pm, Steve wrote: >I use drive image 2002 to back-up weekly..and i have service pack 1.. the only thing >that i've seen that might be a problem is when i restore from the back-up it sets >my second partition as hidden, which i have to use Partition Magic to un-hide..can't >find a way to do this in XP.. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 4:31 pm Posted by DJ (7 messages posted) as to not being ABLE to install ANY program in xp, let alone; drive image, drive image 2002 v6 installs readily into xp even with sp-2 and all current updates. but like any other installation of software the person trying to install it has to have both an uncorrupted installation of di AND THIER LOGIN must have ADMINISTRATOR priveleges, on the computer they are installing into. easy fix just login as the administrator and do the install. if you don't have the password for administrator login, then get your own computer? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 4:36 pm Posted by DJ (7 messages posted) hey installing on the same or another drive from a backup .pqi copy created from drive image WORKS in xp, even if you have changed the HARD DRIVE OUT. a CD backup will work, as will a restore from another partition on the same drive. as to the key stuff you gripe about... well a valid install stays valid no matter the number of times you reinstall with the key, most folks think that IF they can't complete the AUTOMATED activation at microsoft, the key is dead, or something. GO AHEAD AND LET THE AUTOMATED system CONNECT you with a microsoft represenative, they will verbally validate the install. all they may ask now-a-days is what kind of computer is this install going on (am sure this is for future reference). (IF YOU HAVE REPLACED THE MOTHERBOARD MAYBE THE KEY WILL BE INVALID, BUT NOT NECESSARILY?) Lawd, the intimidation factor, of being told that the key can't be automatically validated, and you have to speak to someone has proably SOLD more copies of UPGRADE than necessary. That key isn't dead, they just want to keep things sorta honest. (but STILL you can't make rescue disks for di 2002 v6 in windows xp.) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Friday, April 28, 2006 at 6:19 am Posted by David Deratany (170 messages posted) Hoping to prove you wrong, I tried to install DI 2002 onto my XP drive and it did, yet I know that I hadn't been able to when I was setting up XP. I am at a loss to explain this, but it may have had something to do with my setup: two IDE HD's, two ATAPI CD's and a ZIP drive. XP couldn't recognize any of them until I added the RAID drivers. I subsequently eliminated the ZIP and no longer needed the RAID setup, so that may be why DI 2002 could now happily play with XP. At any rate I thank you for bringing this up, as now I have DI 2002 on my XP drive and will have better access to those "old" images. On Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 4:31 pm, DJ wrote: >as to not being ABLE to install ANY program in xp, let alone; drive image, drive >image 2002 v6 installs readily into xp even with sp-2 and all current updates. but >like any other installation of software the person trying to install it has to have >both an uncorrupted installation of di AND THIER LOGIN must have ADMINISTRATOR priveleges, >on the computer they are installing into. easy fix just login as the administrator >and do the install. if you don't have the password for administrator login, then >get your own computer? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: WinXP & Drive Image 2002 Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 3:26 pm Posted by AnthonyN (1 messages posted) Who says you can't make DI-2002 rescue disks in XP. I've done it. In fact I made a bootable DVD using the rescue disk I created in WinXP. an On Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 4:36 pm, DJ wrote: >hey installing on the same or another drive from a backup .pqi copy created from >drive image WORKS in xp, even if you have changed the HARD DRIVE OUT. a CD backup >will work, as will a restore from another partition on the same drive. as to the >key stuff you gripe about... well a valid install stays valid no matter the number >of times you reinstall with the key, most folks think that IF they can't complete >the AUTOMATED activation at microsoft, the key is dead, or something. GO AHEAD AND >LET THE AUTOMATED system CONNECT you with a microsoft represenative, they will verbally >validate the install. all they may ask now-a-days is what kind of computer is this >install going on (am sure this is for future reference). (IF YOU HAVE REPLACED THE >MOTHERBOARD MAYBE THE KEY WILL BE INVALID, BUT NOT NECESSARILY?) Lawd, the intimidation >factor, of being told that the key can't be automatically validated, and you have >to speak to someone has proably SOLD more copies of UPGRADE than necessary. That >key isn't dead, they just want to keep things sorta honest. >(but STILL you can't make rescue disks for di 2002 v6 in windows xp.) [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum