Subj : Re: I thought Macrium Reflect was supposed to be so great To : All From : ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:25 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for -mail From: Ian Jackson Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: I thought Macrium Reflect was supposed to be so great Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 08:53:30 +0000 Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <12hk1d17kiba9lmbck4q44qese7572nhaj@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed X-Trace: individual.net OAQB+XkQ3bJw+t4dgsRq7AGz5aIRtr68/c/Rhdq9ln09lrjABT X-Orig-Path: g3ohx.co.uk!ianREMOVETHISjackson Cancel-Lock: sha1:t0rSnhONV7V0MRX52do72JQax4E= User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-S () Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134724 In message , mike writes >On 11/25/2017 8:47 PM, james@nospam.com wrote: >> I took the 40gb HDD out of my XP laptop, and cloned it to a 160gb drive, >> using Macrium Reflect. I did it exactly the way it suggested. I used the >> "Clone" button, and had it create an exact duplicate to the larger >> drive. It created a 40gb partition which is supposed to be an identical >> clone. I did nothing with the remainder of that drive. I figured I could >> format the remaining 120gb later, and having a 40gb partition with the >> OS is fine. The remainder of the drive will be storage and music, etc. >> >> But after all the great things I have heard about Macrium Ref, I am very >> disappointed. When I plug in the new drive, all I see is "Operating >> system not found". After unsuccessfully trying to do the same with >> Norton Ghost and a program from Seagate that is supposed to also clone >> drives, I guess I'm out of luck cloning this. >> >> Guess it's time to start from scratch and install XP. I dont mind that >> so much, but I do mind having to reinstall all the programs and worse >> yet, having to reconfigure all the settings, drivers, and removing all >> the annoyances out of XP. >> >> Macrium Reflect gets an "F". (FAILED - FAILED - FAILED) >> Now it goes in the trash b > >in, since I have no use for anything else it >> does (like backup). >> >You can probably fix it by booting the xp install disk a and repairing >it, although not too sure about XP. Surely there are many tutorials >about this problem. > >I've never used the clone function. >I always back up the "drives needed to reinstall windows" to external >media. >Install the new drive and restore the backup. >This will also install all the boot stuff, including any special stuff >you might have in the boot sector. >That has never failed me. I've only cloned two or three 2.5" disks - and, every time, I think I got something similar. IIRC, I had to do a 'Rebuild Master Boot Record' (MBR). 'AOMEI Partition Assistant' (which can also do the cloning) has this function. [Other cloning programs may also have the 'Rebuild MBR' function.] -- Ian --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .