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Number   :  9445
Date     :  2004-12-06
Author   :  m_surgenor
Subject  :  Re: Drive restore gone wrong
Size(KB) :  2



Ok Des, appreciate the explanation, and I *think* I'm getting the 
hang of this now (slowly!).

What I'm about to do then is take the original target drive and 
perform the instructions in MS Knowledge Base artice 2493221. I think 
I can follow option 3 the best which also involves using artice 
223188.

I believe this is the massaging you were refering to. Correct??

Malcolm

--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "des4212001"  wrote:

> Let me try to make a point that it sounds like you may be missing?
> 
> Originally your OS was installed to C:. If you Cloned it (whatever) 
> and made a bootable copy, say on G:. When that copy boots, at least 
> if it boots, the drive that was originally G: IS NOW C:. The 
> installed OS will only run on a drive that is lettered identically 
> to that it was installed on. You may be becoming further confounded 
> by the fact that any data on D: used in startup of C: gets further 
> confused as a copy of D:, on H:(?), probably isn't being used 
> (unless you've relettered these drives manually)? This concept is 
> quite different that than OS's before NTFS where drive lettering 
was 
> set by the System it's self depending on the order partitions were 
> encountered during boot.
> 
> Exactly how this drive relettering (and volume relabling) is 
> accomplished is felt (by Pixi Labs) to be "too complicated for the 
> average user". Unfortunately for me, since I was doing it before 
> there was an XXClone, it was necessary to figure it out. (And since 
> I'm really not all that smart, I feel it follows that it can't 
> actually be too complicated?)
> 
> You can see "where" the info is at HKLM\System\Mounted Devices\. 
> Details of massaging it without xxclone, while straightforward, are 
> somewhat lengthy, but can be provided if you're interested.
> 
> But the point is, understanding that booting a "copy" requires the 
> copy be seen, drive letter wise, as the original (and hence what 
was 
> the original must then become the copy!). Some apps are even coded 
> to the VolumeID as well; Zone Alarm Pro, NetZero, and the Office 
> Icons at least, that I know of.
> 
> DES



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