That's backwards to what I figured?? The primary drive is considered to be drive 1 (arc path 0) and the secondary would be drive 2 (arc path1)....
I posted before seeing your latest. To answer your question, you can't repair the first sector of your drive. If it were any other sector, you...
When you boot with the boot.ini file I posted, do you get a menu that allows you to choose which system to boot? If so, what happens when you...
I had a little problem getting it to show properly but I finally got it done. Are you saying you have it exactly as I suggested and it won't...
If your OS is on the second partition of each drive, as you stated, then your boot.ini file should look like this: [boot loader] timeout=30...
Aha! and eureka! I'm glad we got to the bottom of this. I like Xxclone so much that I was having a hard time believing it would let you down....
Andrew, Installing Windows XP to the same directory can work if done correctly. It has the advantage of preserving your personal files. It also...
It is illegal to copy and distribute copyrighted material such as that. Your options are to borrow a disk from a friend or call MS and see if...
Consider getting the free program PrintKey 2000 and you'll be amazed at what you're missing. It'll solve your present problem and much more.
Also go to My Computer and right-click it > Properties > Advanced Tab > Settings button (Performance Area) > scroll down and tag the box labeled...
Using the Acronis software, you are able to make a boot floppy or CD that will allow you to select and deploy any stored images. That's...
Yes, it compresses the images by a default amount. You can choose more or less if need be but I always run it in default mode. I just check my...
@hawk22, If your new board has onboard IDE, I would suggest just plugging the old drive in direct and seeing how it goes. I'd still make the...
Do you have a USB drive plugged in?
I know of no free incremental imaging softwares but that doesn't mean they don't exist. I haven't needed to look since I have Acronis True Image...
Disconnect all peripherals and pull the NIC card if such exists, otherwise disable it. If no joy, unplug the CD/DVD drive/drives and try again....
Imaging is by far a better backup method since there are imaging softwares that will perform incremental images after you create the base copy....
That correct Steve. I suspect a Repair Install will be required to get things cleared up when the old system copy tries to support the new hardware.
I would cover all the bases if I were you. Oft times relying on a single plan to perform as we expect will be a mistake. I would recommend...
I see. Then I agree that you should clone over the failed install so that it is identical to the drive that works properly. You should have no...
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