[ltp] Re: Cloning a hard disk?

Bret Comstock Waldow linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 23 Aug 2005 07:04:10 +1200


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On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 05:24, Javier (a.k.a AlBundy) wrote:
> On 8/20/05, Bret Comstock Waldow <bwaldow@woosh.co.nz> wrote:

> > Neither in the T21, nor with the T42, have I been able to duplicate
> > Windows 2000 or XP with this scheme.  In fact, the ORIGINAL copy will
> > stop working properly too!  It accepts my password, shows me the Royal
> > Hourglass, and returns me to the login dialog.
>
> I suspect both 2000 and XP have some hidden information (in register?)
> that doesn=B4t permit correct-operation after a backup if the backup is
> located at a different <partition</<disk>/processor... than original
> instalation.

No, the other original - the one I copied from.  I have no explanation for=
=20
this, but it has happened this way several times.

Cheers,
Bret

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