> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 00:18:53 -0800
> From: David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Clone W2kP Desktop
>
> On 15 Jan 2003, at 18:34, Peetie Wheatstraw wrote:
>
> > Hoping that it was, I copied everything from MTP2 to WDP2
> > (including NTDETECT, NTLOADER, BOOT.INI and PAGEFILE.SYS)
> > using Explorer, then opened the case, disabled the Maxtor,
> > re-jumped the WD drive, reconfigured the bios for 1 drive,
> > and tested. It appeared that it was gonna boot OK but
> > eventually told me of a problem with PAGEFILE.SYS:
> > instructed me how to fix it when the desktop came up, then
> > failed to produce the desktop. PAGEFILE.SYS (190 mb) was on
> > WDP2 but it had been copied from MTP2. W2KP cheerfully,
> > cheerfully went into an infinite loop. Anybody know how to
> > dodge this tender sweet little problem?
>
> Based on experience with NT and 2K, at this point I would
> attempt a re-
> install and, when offered the opportunity, choose to "repair
> the existing
> installation".
> My expectation is that this will apply whatever changes are
> needed to make
> this a bootable/runnable installation of the OS.
>
> David Gillett
David,
I wonder if you could supply a bit more detail. I haven't
done a W2k install for a long time. Select "New Install"
and not "Upgrade"? Etc etc.
As I recall, the W2kP install CD is frought with design
problems and lack of info re "what options to expect" ...
Also, could you reflect on the general practicality
of cloning a drive with common utilities and maybe
PM7 (without Ghost or similar products)? If practical,
how would you go about it?
Thanks,
Peetie
> ------------------------------
> Re: Clone W2kP Desktop
>
> Good Folks,
>
> I have a little multi-boot desktop system at home.
> The 2 hard drives look like (view this as "plain
> text" if possible):
>
>
> Maxtor 30gb (Primary Master)
> __________________________________________________
> | MTP1 | MTP2 |
> | NT4 | W2K Pro |
> | active | |
> | 7gb / 6gb free | 15gb / 9gb free |
> |________________________________________________|
>
>
> Western Digital 8gb (Primary Slave)
> __________________________________________________
> | WDP1 | WDP2 |
> | NTFS| W2K Pro |
> |active| |
> | 7mb | 8gb |
> |________________________________________________|
>
> All partitions are Primary, all file systems are
> W2k NTFS.
>
> The MTP2 partition is my everyday working partition.
> It boots up as D:. I could die a horrible, horrible
> death trying to replace/reconfigure everything in
> this partition.
>
> I would like to clone MTP2 to WDP2 so that even if the
> Maxtor disk failed 100%, I could still boot/run my usual
> system (after doing a bit of work). If I boot with only the
> WD drive, it is my conjecture that WDP2 would come up as D:
> (consistent with all the hard-coded drive references in the
> config files). Is this practical to do?
>
> Hoping that it was, I copied everything from MTP2 to WDP2
> (including NTDETECT, NTLOADER, BOOT.INI and PAGEFILE.SYS)
> using Explorer, then opened the case, disabled the Maxtor,
> re-jumped the WD drive, reconfigured the bios for 1 drive,
> and tested. It appeared that it was gonna boot OK but
> eventually told me of a problem with PAGEFILE.SYS:
> instructed me how to fix it when the desktop came up, then
> failed to produce the desktop. PAGEFILE.SYS (190 mb) was on
> WDP2 but it had been copied from MTP2. W2KP cheerfully,
> cheerfully went into an infinite loop. Anybody know how to
> dodge this tender sweet little problem?
>
> Can anyone give me an idea of what W2kP does and
> doesn't do with HD partition info in the registry?
> Is it practical to change it??
>
> I have Partition Magic 7 and the W2KP backup software
> (that I don't know how to use in this situation) and
> run this system onna shoe-string, so I won't be
> running out to buy additional hardware/software.
>
> Any/all advice/suggestions would be much appreciated.
>
> Peetie
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