I use Partition Magic v8.0 to create 2 primary (10BG) and 1 extended partition on a 80GB HDD.
Then I install Windows XP and all other stuff on the first primary partition. After everyting is OK, I use Norton Ghost to duplicate the first partition to the second.
After duplication, I install GAG v4.5, which is a boot manager.
The first partition will boot regularly.
The second partition boots but hangs at the Windows Splash screen even before reaching the the user-selection-screen.
I’m quite sure the problem is not caused by the bootmanager, since the 2nd partition boots.
After having done a complete manual installation on the 2nd partition, no starting problems occur while booting with GAG. So, this makes me think the problem is caused by WindowsXP.
The problem occurs after 9 duplications out of 10, whatever the sizes of the primary partitions are.
Does WindowsXP keep track of an installation-address or something like that ? The bootmanager-deveoper told me so, without going into details.
So, howq can I duplicate a WindowsXP partition without having startup-problems afterwards ?
Many thx.