Winclone - XP partition not seen by MBP

[SimonBishop]

I replaced the HDD in my MBP with a larger one.

I mounted the new HDD as an external.
I copied the Mac partition onto the new drive.
I used Winclone to make an image of the XP partition.
I installed the new HDD in the MBP.
I used Bootcamp Assistant to make the NTFS partition, but did not install XP.
I restored the XP image to the NTFS partition.

All appeared well, but at the end of the restore Winclone said there had been some errors.

All my files appear to be in the Bootcamp partition.... BUT

When I start the Mac whilst pressing the alt key - it only offers me the Mac partition to boot from.

I am beyond my comfort zone now - does anyone have any clues???

Many thanks,

Simon B

This is from the winclone log.....

99.99 percent completed
99.99 percent completed
100.00 percent completed
100.00 percent completed
100.00 percent completed
100.00 percent completed
100.00 percent completed
100.00 percent completed
100.00 percent completed
Syncing ...
return value of "/Library/NTFSProgs/ntfsclone" --rescue -f -f -O "/dev/disk0s3" /dev/disk1 1>&2 is 0

=====unmounting disk image==============

/usr/bin/hdiutil detach /dev/disk1
return value of /usr/bin/hdiutil detach /dev/disk1 is 0

"disk1" unmounted.
"disk1" ejected.
Volume Windows XP on /dev/disk0s3 mounted
destination_path is /Volumes/Windows XP
Unmounting /dev/disk0s3
/usr/sbin/diskutil unmount "/dev/disk0s3"return value of unmount is 0

=====expanding=====

"/Library/NTFSProgs/ntfsresize" -f -f "/dev/disk0s3"
return value of "/Library/NTFSProgs/ntfsresize" -f -f "/dev/disk0s3" is 256

ntfsresize v2.0.0 (libntfs 10:0:0)
ERROR(102): Opening '/dev/disk0s3' as NTFS failed: Operation not supported on socket
The NTFS journal file is unclean. Please shutdown Windows properly before
using this software! Note, if you have run chkdsk previously then boot
Windows again which will automatically initialize the journal correctly.
"/Library/NTFSProgs/ntfsresize" -f -f "/dev/disk0s3" did not complete successfully
cleaning up: Mounting Disk
Volume Windows XP on /dev/disk0s3 mounted
Fri May 6 03:06:42 BST 2011

 

[balamw]

The NTFS journal file is unclean. Please shutdown Windows properly before
using this software! Note, if you have run chkdsk previously then boot
Windows again which will automatically initialize the journal correctly.
"/Library/NTFSProgs/ntfsresize" -f -f "/dev/disk0s3" did not complete successfully

This usually happens because Windows is hibernated or otherwise running before you tried to image it.

If you still have the original HDD, I would suggest you re-intsall it, boot to Windows. Run CHKDSK /F for completeness and then shut it down completely.

Then, re-image it and start again.

Otherwise, ... I may be able to lead you through a process of forcing the steps Winclone would have taken to make the image bootable, but that's no fun.

B

 

[SimonBishop]

Many thanks for your reply...

I ran chkdsk /f/r twice before making the image.

I am 99.99% sure that XP was closed down properly, and not running. I tried the image restore twice, first time the box 'if XP detected...' was ticked, and the second time not so.

Its a 4 hour image, and a 4 hour restore.... so I'd love to avoid that time if possible.

Many thanks again...

sb

This usually happens because Windows is hibernated or otherwise running before you tried to image it.

If you still have the original HDD, I would suggest you re-intsall it, boot to Windows. Run CHKDSK /F for completeness and then shut it down completely.

Then, re-image it and start again.

Otherwise, ... I may be able to lead you through a process of forcing the steps Winclone would have taken to make the image bootable, but that's no fun.

B

 

[joec1101]

Its a 4 hour image, and a 4 hour restore.... so I'd love to avoid that time if possible.

sb

This is why I don't even bother trying to image a Windows installation anymore. I end up with errors and wasting more time than it would take to just do a clean install.

Save yourself the headache and just start fresh with a clean install...