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Number   :  6758
Date     :  2004-01-06
Author   :  des4212001
Subject  :  Re: Boot drive problem
Size(KB) :  2



As I understand it, when xxclone makes a bootable "copy" it only 
swaps the OS partition drive letters. (I had a brief discussion once 
about the concept of a "System Disk" (many partitions) and was blown 
off as this "being too complicated for the average user"?) Anyway, 
your F: becomes C: and you C: become F: (on the copy), but it's up 
to you to swap D: and G: via Disk Management. Or, yes you booted F: 
OK (as C:) but D: is still back on the original disk. Get it?

You may see all this at HKLM\System\MountedDevices\, the DOSDevice 
values. Where in XP (NTFS period?) the drive letter assignments are 
coded to the physical drive. As an example, I currently have 3 
disks of 6 partitions each and manually make each bootable after an 
update via swapping drive letter groups here. It's a semi 
complicated scheme of one time Exporting this key and editing it 
(retaining only the DOSDevice values to make the each of the 3 
physical disks C: thru H: in my case). In RegEdit you may File\Load 
Hive into HKLM (X:\Windows\System32\config\System) of the non-
running OS copy as a false key (I use "Loaded Dat", and this false 
key will simply be lost should the machine go down). Merge the 
edited .Reg file, then select false key and Unload Hive to put it 
back. Too complicated?

DES


--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "Ron Hossack"  wrote:
> I noticed a slight problem created by myself and not sure how to
> correct this. System
> is XP Pro.
> 
> My HD is divided into to partitions, "C" for windows files and "D" 
for
> everything else.
> 
> After making a complete bootable backup to my drive ("F" for 
windows
> and "G" for
> everything else) I never noticed (because I didn't pay attention to
> boot selection) that
> when starting the machine would always boot from "F".
> 
> But all updates and files dowsnloads were on drive "D" were 
updated and
> the original
> Windows on "C" was never updated. So drive "F" (on backup drive) 
was
> updated and
> drive "D" on original HD was updated.
> 
> I tried to format "C" so I could use XXCLONE to copy "F" back to 
drive
> "C" but it will not
> allow me to. 
> 
> Any simple suggestions before I remove this drive and format it
> completely or did I totally
> confuse everyone? 
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Ron Hossack
> rhossack@c...



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