On 29/07/2010 11:13, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
I've been trying to clone the HD on one PC and put that into another to
save reloading in everything since both machines are similar. I've used a
free utility called HDcopy which reckons it can do this.

Another is CloneZilla.

On installing the clone in the other PC it starts to load XP then locks
up. I've tried repair using the XP installation CD, but that demands an
administrative password. Which I've never actually bothered with, so I
assume is the default one. I do have my administrator one - but that's not
the same thing.

1. Try booting into safe mode (F8 after start). There might be a driver
trying to load that is incompatible with the new build.

2. Disconnect the network cable. The new machine might be a freaked out
by a clone brother if its trying to advertise it's resources, as both
will have the same machine security (Machine SID) identity.

However saying that (and googling with the other hand) microsoft is now
saying in the context of cloning that generating new SIDs is now an
unnecessary process?


http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2009/11/03/3291024.aspx

Anyway, XP Home or Pro?

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Adrian C