Backing up Win XP

[Ogden Lamont]

With Win 98 I started using a second hard drive as a backup method. With
Win 98, the operating system could just be copied over to the first
partition on the second drive, and this second drive would boot with no
problem if the cable and jumpers were changed.

Apparently in Win XP it is a little more complicated. I use Power Quest
Drive Image 7 to copy my C partition on the first drive to the first
partition of the second drive. When I try to boot from this second drive as
in Win 98, the boot process does not complete. It stalls at the stage where
the WELCOME notice appears. Instead of WELCOME, I get a Win XP logo, and
the boot stops. The master boot record is copied to the second drive by
Drive Image.

What's the problem ?


Ogden Lamont

 

[Rich Barry]

Ogden, you can use the Recovery Console which is located on the WinXP CD.
There are a few commands that will serve your purpose. Bootcfg, Fixmbr and
FixBoot. Check here for more info
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];314058

 

[Ogden Lamont]

Rich

I had tried the Recovery Cosole and the commands Bootcfg, Fixmbr, and
FixBoot. No luck
Ogden

Ogden, you can use the Recovery Console which is located on the WinXP CD.
There are a few commands that will serve your purpose. Bootcfg, Fixmbr and
FixBoot. Check here for more info
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];314058

With Win 98 I started using a second hard drive as a backup method. With
Win 98, the operating system could just be copied over to the first
partition on the second drive, and this second drive would boot with no
problem if the cable and jumpers were changed.

Apparently in Win XP it is a little more complicated. I use Power Quest
Drive Image 7 to copy my C partition on the first drive to the first
partition of the second drive. When I try to boot from this second

drive

as
in Win 98, the boot process does not complete. It stalls at the stage where
the WELCOME notice appears. Instead of WELCOME, I get a Win XP logo, and
the boot stops. The master boot record is copied to the second drive by
Drive Image.

What's the problem ?


Ogden Lamont

 

[Rich Barry]

Ogden, is the Partition you imaged a NTFS or FAT32. I wonder if it's
just a matter of setting the partition
as Active with Fdisk. You could try it. www.bootdisk.com has a good one
if you need fdisk.

 

[Ogden Lamont]

The partition is FAT32 and is set as active. Otherwise, I don't think the
boot process would have started.

Ogden Lamont

 

[Ogden Lamont]

I just thought of what might be the problem. Because Win XP assigns
permanent drive letters to partitions, the first partition on the number 2
drive remains drive D. But the system copied from drive C is looking for
files on Drive C, which does not exist with only the former number 2 drive
in the computer. It will boot if the number 1 drive with the C partition is
in the computer even if it is hooked up as the slave drive. Does this sound
reasonable ?

Ogden Lamont