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Setup & Installation / Re: Newly cloned hard drive doesn't boot
« on: 2009.03.31, 01:14:23 »
Hi Pete,
well I'm not sure as all this cloning is fairly new to me. EASEUS DiskCopy 2.3 is freeware and it is downloaded as an iso file, which creates a boot CD. The program on the CD simply transfers all data from the source partition to the destination partition (including the boot-sector), which means it is non OS-specific... or at least that's what I was led to believe. One user commented that it should be able to copy Linux drives just as effectively as it is simply a drive-sector replication utility.
The boot CD has a flashy GUI which guides you in a basic way through the process. One thing I may have made an error on... after making the copy, the EASEUS GUI then told me to reboot (ensuring that only one bootable drive was still connected on startup), and when the system went down to reboot I switched off in order to remove the source drive, then switched back on in order to remove the CD and boot to the clone. Since the EASEUS said "Press any key to reboot", I'm wondering if I should have let it reboot then with both drives and the CD in place?
When I then connected the source drive and booted it, it immediately ran chkdsk, so I'm wondering if DiskCopy has done anything to the original drive while copying it? Having said that, it is working perfectly. Only the clone does not boot. I'm anxious to sort this as I'd like to use both OS/2 drives in different machines.
I may try another attempt tomorrow following the CD's reboot instruction more closely... I must say, the entire copying process from a 545MB drive to a 4.3GB drive went very quickly on my 400MHz Celeron PC.
well I'm not sure as all this cloning is fairly new to me. EASEUS DiskCopy 2.3 is freeware and it is downloaded as an iso file, which creates a boot CD. The program on the CD simply transfers all data from the source partition to the destination partition (including the boot-sector), which means it is non OS-specific... or at least that's what I was led to believe. One user commented that it should be able to copy Linux drives just as effectively as it is simply a drive-sector replication utility.
The boot CD has a flashy GUI which guides you in a basic way through the process. One thing I may have made an error on... after making the copy, the EASEUS GUI then told me to reboot (ensuring that only one bootable drive was still connected on startup), and when the system went down to reboot I switched off in order to remove the source drive, then switched back on in order to remove the CD and boot to the clone. Since the EASEUS said "Press any key to reboot", I'm wondering if I should have let it reboot then with both drives and the CD in place?
When I then connected the source drive and booted it, it immediately ran chkdsk, so I'm wondering if DiskCopy has done anything to the original drive while copying it? Having said that, it is working perfectly. Only the clone does not boot. I'm anxious to sort this as I'd like to use both OS/2 drives in different machines.
I may try another attempt tomorrow following the CD's reboot instruction more closely... I must say, the entire copying process from a 545MB drive to a 4.3GB drive went very quickly on my 400MHz Celeron PC.