Help cloning XP

[David Cockram]

I'm having a job cloning XP. I have 2 SATA drives.
The first has XP on C: and two more partitionsD:, E; The second has three
partitions F: G: H:
Almost every time the cloned drive does not fully boot. It nearly gets
there, but goes to a blue screen with cursor at the end. I've seen this
mentioned so many times but have yet to unearth a solution that works for
me.

So far I've used the following:

Norton Ghost 9.0 direct copying and going via an image.
Acronis Migrate Easy Personal 7.0 which did work first time but it's a pain
because it copies entire disk. I just want C:\
Acronis True Image 8.0 trial which worked once for some reason, but not
since.
Casper XP Clone wouldn't boot at all.

and I've tried:

Not allocating a drive letter or formatting partition in advance of cloning
to F:
Disabling Avast! anti virus software

I always unplug the first drive before testing, as I've heard that some sort
of dependency can exist otherwise with the cloned drive booting but only if
original is present. I've tried the clone on both SATA channels.

Is the fact that the cloned drive is F: a problem?

Next I'm going to boot into the Acronis rescue disk, and try cloning from
there, although it's more fiddly and supposedly not necessary any more.

Any advice appreciated. Thanks.

Dave Cockram

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Animated Shockwave Ghost tutorial with sound
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/tutorial/ghost_2002/2001032917165825_s.html

How to perform a disk-to-disk clone
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/pfdocs/2001032917165825

Introduction to cloning a Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP computer
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...nsf&view=docid&dtype=&prod=&ver=&osv=&osv_lvl


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| I'm having a job cloning XP. I have 2 SATA drives.
| The first has XP on C: and two more partitionsD:, E; The second has three
| partitions F: G: H:
| Almost every time the cloned drive does not fully boot. It nearly gets
| there, but goes to a blue screen with cursor at the end. I've seen this
| mentioned so many times but have yet to unearth a solution that works for
| me.
|
| So far I've used the following:
|
| Norton Ghost 9.0 direct copying and going via an image.
| Acronis Migrate Easy Personal 7.0 which did work first time but it's a pain
| because it copies entire disk. I just want C:\
| Acronis True Image 8.0 trial which worked once for some reason, but not
| since.
| Casper XP Clone wouldn't boot at all.
|
| and I've tried:
|
| Not allocating a drive letter or formatting partition in advance of cloning
| to F:
| Disabling Avast! anti virus software
|
| I always unplug the first drive before testing, as I've heard that some sort
| of dependency can exist otherwise with the cloned drive booting but only if
| original is present. I've tried the clone on both SATA channels.
|
| Is the fact that the cloned drive is F: a problem?
|
| Next I'm going to boot into the Acronis rescue disk, and try cloning from
| there, although it's more fiddly and supposedly not necessary any more.
|
| Any advice appreciated. Thanks.
|
| Dave Cockram

 

[Anna]

I'm having a job cloning XP. I have 2 SATA drives.
The first has XP on C: and two more partitionsD:, E; The second has three
partitions F: G: H:
Almost every time the cloned drive does not fully boot. It nearly gets
there, but goes to a blue screen with cursor at the end. I've seen this
mentioned so many times but have yet to unearth a solution that works for
me.

So far I've used the following:

Norton Ghost 9.0 direct copying and going via an image.
Acronis Migrate Easy Personal 7.0 which did work first time but it's a
pain because it copies entire disk. I just want C:\
Acronis True Image 8.0 trial which worked once for some reason, but not
since.
Casper XP Clone wouldn't boot at all.

and I've tried:

Not allocating a drive letter or formatting partition in advance of
cloning to F:
Disabling Avast! anti virus software

I always unplug the first drive before testing, as I've heard that some
sort of dependency can exist otherwise with the cloned drive booting but
only if original is present. I've tried the clone on both SATA channels.

Is the fact that the cloned drive is F: a problem?

Next I'm going to boot into the Acronis rescue disk, and try cloning from
there, although it's more fiddly and supposedly not necessary any more.

Any advice appreciated. Thanks.

Dave Cockram

Dave:
Without going into the "whys & wherefores" as to why the various clones
didn't take, would you consider starting fresh, using Ghost 2003? I assume
that since you have Ghost 9, you also have Ghost 2003 since that latter
program was included as a separate CD with Ghost 9.

If you want to go that route, I'll try to help you by giving you
step-by-step instructions for performing the clone. But before doing so,
please...
1. Ensure that you're using the latest version of Ghost 2003. Use Symantec's
built-in LiveUpdate feature to check this.
2. Make sure both your source & destination disks are not defective and free
from system files corruption. And that the drives are properly
connected/configured.
Anna

 

[David Cockram]

Thanks Carey,

Despite these being for earlier versions of Ghost, they are very useful,
particularly the last one as this is where I think the problem lies.

Dave