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To: Gottfried who wrote (71890)8/25/2010 6:04:21 PM
From: PMS Witch  Read Replies (1) of 110655
 
You wrote. . .

So XXclone won't work for Win7 since running XXclone makes an immediate clone which must be on another disk drive?

If I understand the question, the answer is yes -- sort of.

You cannot have two disks with the same signature on the same system with Windows 7. A clone will have the same signature.

You could change the clone's signature using DiskPart, a utility that comes with Windows 7.

Diskpart> unique disk ID=HHHHHHHH (Hex number)

{Don't try this unless you know what you're doing.}

This will make both disks visible to Windows 7, and they'll each be assigned a drive letter.

But. . .

If you change the signature on the cloned drive, it will no longer boot Windows 7. The new signature won't match the old signature stored in the boot database. The fix for this is not difficult. . .

Disconnect the drive that boots. Boot with your Windows 7 DVD and follow the menus for repairing your system. The DVD will see that the problem is a disk signature mis-match and apply the fix.

When you re-connect both drives, both drives will have the ability to boot your system and both will be visible. Choose which boots in your BIOS.

Cheers, PW.

P.S. I don't know if the DiskPart that comes with XP supports changing disk signatures. Use the one from Windows 7.

P.P.S. Experts may prefer to alter their Windows 7 Boot Code Database using BCDedit. My suggestion, although inelegant, removes the necessity of learning yet another rarely used Windows utility.
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