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Number   :  3365
Date     :  2002-12-21
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: 'error hidden sectors checksum !'
Size(KB) :  1



Torben:

It's hard to say exactly what is going on.

Obviously, the error message you saw is not from the code
that we supplied in the XXCOPY program. So, let us take
it at the face value. That is, whichever giving you the
message is complaining about hidden sectors and their checksums.

My wild guess is that the volume (the partition which is
part of the bootstrap procedure) is configured with
hidden sectors. I don't know what disk-initialization
software makes such sectors. Since it is apparently broken,
I would go back and re-initialize the whole volume once
again, using only the "official" tools from Microsoft.
I'm aware that there are many third-party tools to substitute
the FDISK.EXE and FORMAT.COM programs, but in light of
this problem, I would not use non-Microsoft tools to do this.

I wonder if you really went through the /CLONE article,
step-by-step without any deviation. In our experience,
nearly all problems were a result of user's uninformed
assumption (e.g., you may skip the disk-formatting step,
etc.) and not following every step prescribed in the article.

http://www.xxcopy.com/clone

Please go back to Square One and follow the instruction.
You should start with FDISK, followed by FORMAT, before
running the XXCOPY /CLONE command. That is, the simple
/CLONE operation alone is not sufficient to successfully
create a bootable system Win9X disk.

Kan Yabumoto
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At 2002-12-21 12:58, you wrote:
>Hi there,
>this is my first time using xxcopy for cloning, and I have some
>trouble..
>When I try to boot on the new harddisk, it goes:
>
>'starting windows 98'
>
>and then quick after:
>
>******************************
>error hidden sectors checksum !
>
>- can someone help me?
>
>I have tried with another disk/system, and that went OK.
>
>
>Torben



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