Re: Cloned boot drive boots to windows, then automatically logs me off -- Help!
From: Michael C. (mcsuper5_at_usol.com)
Date: 10/25/03
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Date: 25 Oct 2003 07:57:02 GMT
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:52:34 GMT,
Spammay Blockay <SPAMBLOCKER@BLOCKEDTOAVOIDSPAM.com> wrote:
> I've got a dual-boot system (Windows 2000 Pro & Slackware).
>
> I'm trying to upgrade my main drive in my laptop from a 40GB to 60GB drive.
> I've tried cloning the old drive using both DriveImage 7 and just using
> my Linux boot CD to make a 1-to-1 copy (the second, I know, is not a good
> strategy, given different disk geometries).
>
> What happens when Windows boots (and it *does* boot) on the cloned drive is,
> it gets to the login screen, I log in, and then, after some disk access,
> it says "Saving settings" and then gives me the login screen again.
>
> Anybody seen this behavior? I'm assuming it can't find some important
> system files, but I don't see why it would boot in the first place if
> it couldn't find them.
It depends on how files are accessed, relative paths should work, but
once you stumble on a file addressed by a full path (with drive letter)
you're sunk.
> P.S. For the cross-posted linux groups, I ask here because many of you use
> a dual-boot scenario, and may have encountered this before.
>
I've seen it. AFTER YOU CLONE THE DISK, YOU NEED TO SHUT DOWN AND
REMOVE THE CLONE. If you boot windows without doing so it will change
the drive letters on the second disk.
You need to do a secondary install, boot from it and change the affected
partitions to their previous drive letters.
One of many problems with drive letters. (Interestingly, if you have
telnet enabled on W2K, you can log in, which is how I found the problem.
The solution was found on the MS Knowledge Base.)
Michael C.
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