Re: Programs not working right after cloning - ø-Windows XP UsersGroup-ø

#1 (**permalink**) 08-03-2008, 06:35 PM

Didn't you already post this before?

Dennis Wilson wrote:
> I used Partition Magic to clone the partition containing my new Windows
> XP installation. Both are on the same hard drive, and they're the only
> two partitions on it. Basically, this just gives me a backup of my
> system which I can use to copy back over the original if the original
> (the one on Partion 1) gets corrupted. I keep Partition 2 marked
> "hidden" and therefore inacessible most of the time, though I will
> occasionally use BootMagic to boot into Partition 2 to copy a deleted
> file or something.
>
> This backup method worked perfectly for me for all the years I've used
> it. Until now. I recently built a new computer, and as usual I
> installed Windows and then all my apps and then cloned the entire
> "install" onto a new partition.
>
> But after the cloning, many of my apps needed to have their
> configurations redone, and those that require "activation" need to
> be RE-activated. It's as if my apps can't find the registry. Yet the
> drive letter assignments all seem right, and I believe the boot.ini
> files are written correctly as well. The one on partition 1 reads:
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=0
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windo ws XP 1"
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windo ws XP 2"
>
> The one on Partition 2 is the same, except the [boot loader] line reads:
>
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S
>
> The problem was the same on both partitions, and the result was the same
> when I wiped the drive and reinstalled everything from scratch.
>
> Needless to say, I can't figure out the reason for this behavior. The
> only difference between this machine and all the other PCs I've built is
> that this is the first one that has SATA hard drives instead of IDE; the
> only IDE device on this system is an HP DVD+/-R recorder. Can anyone
> suggest what I might have overlooked, or what I can do to get my apps
> able to read their config info again?
>
> Thanks.
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