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Number   :  532
Date     :  2001-08-05
Author   :  Michael Marquart
Subject  :  Re: xxcopy and FAT
Size(KB) :  2




On Sun, 05 Aug 2001 15:21:52 -0000, plumb_bob_1@y... wrote:

>--- In xxcopy@y..., Michael Marquart  wrote:
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>> Fdisk /mbr only operates on the current c: drive, but if the 
>partition is
>> primary and active, and you have performed a SYS C: with no errors 
>to the
>> replacement drive then it should boot. What is the error message 
>exactly?
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>The exact error message is: "Disk i/o error...replace the disk and 
>then press any key"

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>Actually, sys c: results in a "Sector not found writing drive C"

Frank, this message and the scandisk error makes me wonder if the partition
was formatted after fdisking. Before you ask, I have myself copied files to a
freshly fdisked partition which had not yet been formatted and suprisingly
they copied without error, before I realised my omission.

Copying across the network should not corrupt files, and if the SYS command is
successful and the partition is indeed primary and active then it should boot.


Was the drive bootable prior to the clone operation?

What size is the HDD? 

Fdisking and formatting on a different machine can affect the HDD operation
when the HDD geometry was detected differently by each machine. I would
hazard an opinion that modern PC's set to auto detection should not suffer
from this problem. If you can see the files then this shouldn't be an issue.

Michael

>> Is the HDD the only HDD in the PC? Is the master/slave 
>relationship correct?
>
>Yes...the drive is the only drive .
>
>> Can you perform a DIR C: after booting from floppy disk and see the 
>correct
>> drive and files in the root?
>
>Yes
>
>If I run the DOS version of scandisk, I get a "scandisk cannot read 
>from last cluster on drive c", then goes on to talk about LBA vrs 
>CHS and suggests that I have drive parameters set up incorrectly. I 
>used auto-detect in BIOS for setting parameters. Just for grins, I 
>also tried the other options (LBA, Large and Normal) to no avail. 
>Perhaps the problem is simply that the drive was fdisked and 
>formatted in a different machine prior to the cloning operation??
>
>Thank-you much MM
>
>Frank
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