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Re: recovering from disk crash...
> First, everything I'm saying assumes you are using Vista's boot manager and
> not Partition Magic's Boot Magic.
I used Partition Magic only to create the partition. I am not using any boot manager Assad from Vista's. I'll include a screenshot from vista's Disk Management to give you a better idea of how my hard disk is currently configured.
> That said, I assume your clone software you used has the ability to place
> the cloned copy back on the partition in which you originally installed
> Vista and I would assume that software would work from XP and see your USB
> drive...Okay, lot's of assumptions; you tell me where I'm wrong!<VBG>
I can currently boot on XP, then can use Norton Ghost 12 and access any partition on the machine. What Disk Management shows as Disk1 is my main IDE hard drive, what shows as Disk2 is my USB hard drive, which can be accessed while booted under XP.
So far, your assumptions have been right on :-)
> After the clone is back on the partition own which Vista was originally
> installed, boot from the Vista DVD, run the repair option which should see
> the partition on which XP exists and the one on which Vista exists and
> recreate the necessary boot files which are stored on the XP partition.
>
> That said, once you've restored the clone, I'd test boot the system and see
> if you get the menu because the old boot files should still be on the XP
> drive. If for some reason you don't get the Vista boot menu, then run the
> repair as noted and you should be back in business.
So, you're saying that I need only copy my backup Vista partition on the USB to what is labeled as the "C" drive and then reboot into repair to repair that partition? Before the crash what is currently labeled as "Vista C:" was "Vista F:". Pre-crash all the installed programs were seeing my Vista as "F:". When I copy the partition back, run the Vista repair boot off the Vista install disk, and then -- assuming I have paid the appropriate tolls to the appropriate deities -- then reboot successfully onto my F: drive, all will be right with the "Greenberg World"?
Gosh, I sure hope so!
Ross
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