Vista clone will not boot.

GENE

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Feb 8, 2007, 10:06:00 PM2/8/07

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Has anyone been able to boot from a cloned Window Vista boot disk?
What software did you use to clone the Winwos Vista disk?

Acronis True Image version 10 won't produce a bootable Vista clone.
it errors with WINLOAD.EXE is missing or corrupt.
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GENE

Albright

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Feb 9, 2007, 4:40:53 AM2/9/07

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GENE <GE...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

get a Mac, it's much easier to clone a drive and have it boot. it takes
less than 4 clicks of the mouse. easy easy. plus there is no activation
to deal with. SWEET!

loaderopp

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Feb 9, 2007, 1:47:00 PM2/9/07

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Well i just finished cloning disk with same software. after clonning and
first boot ( insert your os cd ( select ) repair and reboot Works just fine.

Anna

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Feb 9, 2007, 3:12:20 PM2/9/07

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> "GENE" wrote:
>
>> Has anyone been able to boot from a cloned Window Vista boot disk?
>> What software did you use to clone the Winwos Vista disk?
>>
>> Acronis True Image version 10 won't produce a bootable Vista clone.
>> it errors with WINLOAD.EXE is missing or corrupt.
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>> GENE

"loaderopp" <load...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Well i just finished cloning disk with same software. after clonning and
> first boot ( insert your os cd ( select ) repair and reboot Works just
> fine.

loaderopp:
Are you saying that after you performed a disk-to-disk cloning operation
with ATI 10 it was necessary to run a Repair install of the OS before you
could get the clone to boot? The clone wouldn't boot immediately after the
disk cloning operation?
Anna

loaderopp

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Feb 9, 2007, 7:31:00 PM2/9/07

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Yes for some reason it did not boot ( put my vista disk in ther cd ) booted
to it selected repair. took a couple seconds (rebooted ) and the way it went.
not sure why maybe anti copy protection with vista but i am running my cloned
disk without a hitch.

I cloned the drive because i bought a new hard drive with a larger cache and
faster speed, 7200 instead of 5400.

first time i used a clone software. worked very well

AJR

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Feb 9, 2007, 7:41:48 PM2/9/07

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Anna - Acronis will produce a "bootable" disk.
Is the Vista installation you are cloning part of a dual boot setup or on
another partition other than C?
In both instances above Vista installs winload.exe on drive 0 (C) - it will
not be included with the clone.

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GENE

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Feb 9, 2007, 11:09:00 PM2/9/07

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DO YOU HAVE TO LOAD THE CD EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO BOOT THE CLONED VISTA DISK?
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GENE

loaderopp

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Feb 10, 2007, 10:48:01 AM2/10/07

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NO just the first boot after cloning the drive!

GENE

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Feb 11, 2007, 12:58:01 AM2/11/07

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ACRONIS TRUEIMAGE 10 WON'T PRODUCE A WINDOWS VISTA SYSTEM BOOT CLONE ON MY
SYSTEM. I JUST RETURN THE PRODUCT FOR A REFUND.
IT COULD BE RELATED TO THE 4 300GB S-ATA DISKS I AM RUNNING WITH.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.
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GENE

loaderopp

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Feb 14, 2007, 12:42:03 AM2/14/07

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To bad your have a hard time.. i hope you find something that will work for
you.