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Adrian C wrote:
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.

Right.
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.

That gives a page of errors? and locks.

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.

Ah. Haven't tried that one.

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?

Home. Thanks for the tips - I'll try them. What annoys me is the XP
installation CD says it has a repair function but gives no clue.

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