Discussion on new-drive-boots-but-needs-help

[EDKC]

I AM NEW WITH THE XXCLONE BUT HAVE BASICLY THE SAME PROBLEM I TRIED 2
DIFFERENT DRIVES AND CAN GET TO THE WINDOWS WELCOME SCREEN AND IT
STOPS WITH THE TARGET DRIVE BY ITSELF,I AM USING THE FREE VERSION N
AND WAS GOING TO BY THE PRO VERSION TILL I TRIED TO BOOT THE TARGET
DRIVE BY ITSELF.

[Dan Anderson]

Maybe first see if your c:\boot.ini file menu is pointing to the correct partition on your target drive.  If that does not resolve the problem, then perhaps provide more details on the problem and context, and what happens as you try to boot up. 

 

At the start of the boot-up process (e.g. holding down the DEL key, or some other key noted on the screen or instructions) you can typically change your bios settings to determine which hard drive is your main boot drive (d:0) that determines which C drive you access to load up the boot.ini file that lets you decide which hard drive XP operating system you want to boot into.

 

 

The following is an example for the boot.ini in the C drive of your original hard drive:

 

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=10
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Original [d:0,p:1]" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Targert [d:1,p:1]" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

The following is an example for the boot.ini in the C drive of your target hard drive:

 

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=10
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Target [d:0,p:1]" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Original [d:1,p:1]" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

The comments in quotation marks are displayed when you boot up and can be anything that you find sufficiently descriptive.

Dan

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[DES]

The clone\target\destination dive will only boot "by it's self" when
physically (electrically) placed as the Original\Source. (Unless both
the MBR and NTLDR are modified on the clone.)

The xxclone "Test Boot" is a comfort item to allow booting the clone
"via" the Source (the boot starts on the original and is passed to the
clone via the boot.ini), with both drives still in their "as cloned"
positions. (And just in case... Windows won't boot a USB drive.)

The difference between a Copy and a Clone (defined here as a Bootable
Copy) is, the Drive Letter and Volume Label Assignments of the Source
and Destination are Swapped in the Registry of the Destination. Making
the destination the Windows Installed to Drive when it boots. Windows
(and other software) uses the VolumeID (Disk Signature) as a form of
copy protection. Making it a good idea to duplicate the VolumID of the
Source onto the Destination. This data may be seen in the registry at
HKLM\System\MountedDevices\. The destination data may be seen by
Loading the System file (Hive) from there as a False (nonexistant) Key
into the running registry (completly safe), where it can be Edited and
Unloaded back to where it came from. And in fact this is what xxclone
has to do to make the destination bootable.

DES