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Number   :  4363
Date     :  2003-04-19
Author   :  bill smith
Subject  :  Re: Cloning the WinXP
Size(KB) :  2


Kan,

i had just cloned my win2k server again, but somehow i lost the 
formula. that's when i went searching again, and your message 4098 
was the first i read. i stopped when i got to the mention of 
the "signature" - that's it!! (for my situation)


win2k and XP are similar, and i'm no expert, but you might benefit if 
you re-read message number 2157, it's well written, quite complete.

- here's an excerpt:

3) Even if you pull the original physical disk, Win2K remembers the 
previous mapping of drive letters to partition GUIDs in the registry 
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices). In order to map the 
cloned partition to C:, you can run 'fdisk /mbr' on the physical disk 
containing the cloned volume, which assigns new partition GUIDs, 
which then forces Win2K to forget the old mapping and map the active 
partition to C: by default, which should then work assuming your that 
your original cloned boot partition was also called C:.

- 

it's clear that there's more to making a bootable volume than simply 
copying all the files - at least in an NT-class system. win9x is 
easy by comparison. even when you get it right, such things as the 
volume serial number are used by applications for security. MatLab 
and Xilinx compilers will not run if the vlume serial number has been 
changed...so one has to be prepared to change them back.

warm regards,
bill



--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, Kan Yabumoto  wrote:
(msg# 4098)
> Hi, All:
> 
> In the past few weeks, I've been working really hard
> to figure out the mysteries of the XP cloning.
> 
> So far, all successful techniques are using
> the sector-to-sector copying method. That is a dumb
> method. XXCOPY should do better than that. The
> advantage of file-based cloning is obvious to me.
(snip)
> As a response to Bob's message, No. The volume
> serial number or the volume label does not seem
> to play any role. I can't imagine it is the
> "signature" of the hard disk. It is just too
> crazy for Microsoft to put their flagship product
> on some little hidden thing like that. On the
(snip)
(end)



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