[ale] OT: Copying a complete hard drive

[Nathan J. Underwood]

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registered linux user # 73046That's strange.  We've actually had pretty 
good luck doing the restores.   We have the obvious driver related 
issues (different xyz card / adapter / etc.), but they generally do boot.

Nathan J. Underwood
Cyber Tech Cafe' <><
http://www.cybertechcafe.net

John Wells wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> Finally got this to work, although it wasn't very straightforward.
> 
> I imaged the disk using partimage (partimage.org) and Knoppix.  I then
> booted the target laptop into knoppix, connected to the original machine,
> and transferred it over.  I took approximately 2 hours to restore 15 GB.
> 
> However, Windows XP wouldn't boot.  The bootloader pulled up fine, but if
> I tried to boot in anything but safe mode, I'd get a blank screen.  If I
> *did* boot in safe mode, it would begin booting and list a number of
> drivers out of the multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partion(1)\Windows\System
> directory it was loading, and then it would just halt.
> 
> As a last resort, I popped in the XP cd.  Instead of dropping to the
> recovery console, I pressed "Enter" to begin re-installing XP.  On the
> next screen, you have the option of choosing to try and repair a current
> installation.  I opted for that, and the system went through a (seemingly)
> full install process, with "Time remaining" indicators and standard in
> progress promotional material.
> 
> When it was finished, I reboot, and voila...my system was restored.  All
> software from the original drive was in place and working.  All settings
> restored, etc.
> 
> So, while it wasn't as easy as I had hoped, it still did work.  I'm not
> exactly certain what caused the problem initially, but glad the end turned
> out ok.
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> 
> 
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