Problem booting from clone drive using XP proffessional and XX Clone

bigjohn0121 · 08-22-2007, 01:05 PM

Hello,

I have created a clone drive using xx clone, I can get the drive to boot up fine using a quickboot disc or booting from the source disc but when i try to boot the drive independently the computer freezes and the bios returns a disk read error message and asks me to restart the system.

any ideas how i can solve this problem?

Many thanks
John

JohnthePilot · 08-22-2007, 02:11 PM

Hi there and welcome to TSF.
Did you remember to make the drive bootable when you created the clone?

bigjohn0121 · 08-23-2007, 01:11 AM

yes, made the disc bootable, as per instructions in xx clone.

JohnthePilot · 08-23-2007, 03:51 AM

Forgive me if my questions seem a a bit simple, but I have to check all possibilities.
If the drive boots from the QBD there can't be much wrong with it. When you run it independently do you remember to change the jumpers from slave to master or do you boot from it by changing the boot order in BIOS. Can you tell me what is in the boot.ini file in the root directory of your cloned drive?
Many thanks.

bigjohn0121 · 08-23-2007, 04:38 AM

1. slave to master have tried jumpers in both positions and got the same message when booting independently

2. changing bios order tried this and got the same message

3. boot. ini file contents

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows ="XXCLONE: (Cloned Volume) [d:0,p:1] \windows" /fastdetect

exact bios message is
" a disk read error has occurred"
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to Restart the Computer
thats everything...
thanks for helping.
john

JohnthePilot · 08-23-2007, 05:03 AM

Your boot.ini file is correct so I'm stumped. I notice that you have posted in the XXClone forum. I was just going to have a look in there to see if I could find an answer. Kan Yabumoto is very helpful so you should get an answer from him. Please let me know what response you get.
Best wishes,
John.

bigjohn0121 · 08-23-2007, 05:07 AM

thanks i will do when i get an answer,
john

08-22-2007, 01:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
bigjohn0121 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Problem booting from clone drive using XP proffessional and XX Clone Hello, I have created a clone drive using xx clone, I can get the drive to boot up fine using a quickboot disc or booting from the source disc but when i try to boot the drive independently the computer freezes and the bios returns a disk read error message and asks me to restart the system. any ideas how i can solve this problem? Many thanks John

08-22-2007, 02:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
JohnthePilot Manager, TSF Articles Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cheltenham, near Wales. Posts: 30,788 OS: XP Home SP3, PCLinux, Vista Home Premium SP1 My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Problem booting from clone drive using XP proffessional and XX Clone Hi there and welcome to TSF. Did you remember to make the drive bootable when you created the clone? __________________ Submit New Articles Here If you feel that TSF has helped you please make a donationand help to keep the forum free Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon Folding@Home - Team 85015

08-23-2007, 01:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
bigjohn0121 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: Problem booting from clone drive using XP proffessional and XX Clone yes, made the disc bootable, as per instructions in xx clone.

08-23-2007, 03:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
JohnthePilot Manager, TSF Articles Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cheltenham, near Wales. Posts: 30,788 OS: XP Home SP3, PCLinux, Vista Home Premium SP1 My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Problem booting from clone drive using XP proffessional and XX Clone Forgive me if my questions seem a a bit simple, but I have to check all possibilities. If the drive boots from the QBD there can't be much wrong with it. When you run it independently do you remember to change the jumpers from slave to master or do you boot from it by changing the boot order in BIOS. Can you tell me what is in the boot.ini file in the root directory of your cloned drive? Many thanks. __________________ Submit New Articles Here If you feel that TSF has helped you please make a donationand help to keep the forum free Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon Folding@Home - Team 85015

08-23-2007, 04:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
bigjohn0121 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: Problem booting from clone drive using XP proffessional and XX Clone 1. slave to master have tried jumpers in both positions and got the same message when booting independently 2. changing bios order tried this and got the same message 3. boot. ini file contents [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows ="XXCLONE: (Cloned Volume) [d:0,p:1] \windows" /fastdetect exact bios message is " a disk read error has occurred" Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to Restart the Computer thats everything... thanks for helping. john Last edited by bigjohn0121; 08-23-2007 at 05:00 AM.

08-23-2007, 05:03 AM	#6 (permalink)
JohnthePilot Manager, TSF Articles Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cheltenham, near Wales. Posts: 30,788 OS: XP Home SP3, PCLinux, Vista Home Premium SP1 My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Problem booting from clone drive using XP proffessional and XX Clone Your boot.ini file is correct so I'm stumped. I notice that you have posted in the XXClone forum. I was just going to have a look in there to see if I could find an answer. Kan Yabumoto is very helpful so you should get an answer from him. Please let me know what response you get. Best wishes, John. __________________ Submit New Articles Here If you feel that TSF has helped you please make a donationand help to keep the forum free Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon Folding@Home - Team 85015

08-23-2007, 05:07 AM	#7 (permalink)
bigjohn0121 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: Problem booting from clone drive using XP proffessional and XX Clone thanks i will do when i get an answer, john