Re: Booting to copy OS?

Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

> My HD0 has 2 partitions
> C: WinXP Home OS and about half my program files
> D: Most data and rest of programs

> Because it seems to be failing (separate thread 'Bad Blocks'),
> I've used Drive Image 2002 to copy the OS to another partition,
> E: on HD1. (That also has a partition F: mainly for backup).

> Pending early replacement of HD0, my idea is
> to now change the default so I boot up from E:

This needs to be done carefully with XP.

You need to physically disconnect the C drive so
it isnt visible during the first boot of the E drive.

Select the E drive in the bios to boot from after
physically unplugging the C drive. XP will claim
to have found new hardware and ask for another
reboot. Allow that and let it boot right up into XP.

You can then plug the C drive back in again if you
need to access anything else on that physical drive.

> What is the impact of working from now on in this copy OS?

Nothing really if you do it right.

> I can't quite get my mind around where
> the various files will now be created/edited.

It should become the C drive if you boot from
it the right way, so that shouldnt be an issue.

> Obviously, files like those in my Agent newsreader/email folders
> will continue to be in their fixed location (which happens to be
> D:\Agent). But what about all those in places like C:\Documents
> and Settings\Terry Pinnell and all its sub-folders? Does that all
> get 'frozen' in C: and start to get updated in E: ? And, if so,
> what are the downsides if any to that please?

Like I said, the E drive should become the C
drive so the letters should not be an issue.

I wouldnt bother booting off the E drive if the new drive is due
in a day or so. You've already run for days with it with bads on it.


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