From: burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll   
      
   On 01.07.14 16:56, Ian Jackson wrote:   
   > In message , td@marcille.com   
   > writes   
   >> On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 14:11:39 +0000, Jim Higgins   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:46:37 -0500, in   
   >>> , daveh@aolousy.com wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> I had a clone of the C: drive made when I bought this computer from a   
   >>>> local shop.  It is mounted inside the computer.  I have never hooked   
   >>>> up the cables to see if it works.   My question is if I disconnect the   
   >>>> present C: drive with Win XP on it and hook up the cloned drive,   
   >>>> keeping it in its same present position inside the computer, will it   
   >>>> then boot, or do I have to move it to the position inside the computer   
   >>>> where the current C: drive is?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'm thinking of encrypting the C: with full disk encryption and would   
   >>>> like to make sure I have a backup of my OS in case of disaster with   
   >>>> the present C: after I encrypt it.  I do have my Windows XP install   
   >>>> CD,  but the last time I tried using it the damn thing told me the   
   >>>> registration serial number was not legit.  How can that be when I   
   >>>> bought it with the computer and it used to work without a problem?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I haven't tried this seemingly simple thing because I'm not   
   >>>> technically inclined and I don't want to find that I screwed up my   
   >>>> computer by trying this, especially since my original install disk is   
   >>>> giving me problems.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> You will almost surely want to configure that cloned drive (exchange   
   >>> the data cables) so that it appears to be the "C:" drive before you   
   >>> boot from it.  Otherwise any drive-specific info stored into the   
   >>> registry before/after cloning will probably point somewhere that   
   >>> doesn't exist, or somewhere where the expected data don't exist.   
   >>   
   >> That is what I had forgotten from some years back - the cable hook up.   
   >>   
   >> Thanks!   
   >   
   > I've been playing at cloning drives (using EaseUS) - for example cloning   
   > my C-drive to an external drive on a USB adapter (which I had called D).   
   > When I removed the C-drive and put the D-drive in the PC, I'm sure it   
   > simply booted up as normal. It's a few months ago, and I may be wrong,   
   > but I've also got a feeling it automatically got re-named as C. [I must   
   > have another practice.]   
   >   
   When I cloned a C disk , I found out that you must   
   not check out the disk with windows open.   
   Instead, after cloning, remove the disk, and install   
   it directly as C drive.   
   The cloning copies the "C" flag into the boot/dir area,   
   but checking the disk in windows, replaces that flag as   
   soon as windows boots with "D" or higher for the cloned disk.   
   Done under XP pro.   
      
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