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Home > Forums > Desktop Software > PC Operating Systems > Microsoft: Windows 2000 Professional Forum

Cloned disk does not boot alone w/o source(2)

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jaymax2U (TechnicalUser)

1 Jun 09 22:47

Hello,

I have a bizarre problem and don't know if it is 'real' or an 'apparition'.
I cloned a small boot system disk into a larger disk on the same machine [No hardware or other difference].

The problem:
The system would not boot up off of the cloned disk unless the clone source is installed in the machine. And when this is the case, the clone drive is always Drive (D)

Is this to be expected on all cloned system boot drive?

Thanks

vacunita (Programmer)

2 Jun 09 14:13

No. A Cloned Drive as it names implies should be an identical image of the source drive.

With the source drive removed it should act and behave like the source drive. Meaning it should take on the Drive letter the Source drive had.

With that said, if in BIOS the machine is set to boot only from the HD that exists in the position of the source drive, then it won't conventionally boot from the cloned one unless its in the same position, or the BIOS is pointed to it.

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wolluf (TechnicalUser)

3 Jun 09 12:18

Did you remove the original drive after cloning and before attempting to boot from new drive for first time? If you left original drive in place it will have 'stolen' the C: designation - and new drive (including its windows) will have taken D, and expect C: to be present.

If you didn't - then redo the clone exercise, shut the machine down, remove original drive and boot from new drive only.

jaymax2U (TechnicalUser)

9 Jun 09 22:48

BTW, can I ever reuse the source drive, "as is", in the machine after that initial reboot without it?

Thanks

vacunita (Programmer)

9 Jun 09 23:39

Yes, the source drive is still set to boot in that machine.

Putting the drive back in its place and turning it on should boot the machine as it normally would.

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