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Disc Cloned XP wont pass onto user logon page

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Hi everyone,
I've cloned a disc using disc clone of Acronis 9, however the clone does not pass onto the user logon page, but starts a never ending task (hdd reading). Cloned disc had multiple primary and extended partitions, where mbr was on a recovery partition (NTFS), carrying on with the OS boot on an extended partition (NTFS). Anyone got any idea on this situation? Could it be a hdd serial problem, and how can I solve it if so?

[ The disc I cloned had possible SMART issues, which later turned into an error -not booting. But at the time of cloning, it was just a warning. (Errors were on Start/Stop and Power Cycle counts) ]

Thanks for any help..

halukb

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halukb,
You should make a full back up image of your failing drive as soon as possible. This way you will have access to your data should the drive fail permanently.

Disk imaging is preferred to cloning. The recovery environment (Acronis Boot Media) is the recommended place to perform these tasks.

A disk that has SMART errors, physical or mechanical issues cannot always be imaged, backed up from or cloned.

Doing this can often migrate the issue to the new hardware, or may simply not work.

Start by recording the disk's structure (partition information) of the source drive in windows Disk Management
Image the drive
Now restore the partitions one by one in the order they appear on the old drive
(example win7) >>system reserved<<>>system<<>>data<<>>MBR Track 0<<
Note perform each operation as a single step
Follow the source disks partitioning scheme (marking the partitions as Primary, Active, etc. as it applies)
The sizes of each partition can be changed as each is restored (you can make them larger or smaller)
When complete restore the MBR Track 0 (last operation)
This should result in a bootable drive
Remember, if the source drive has issues this may not work

Stop using that drive! Don't use it until you're ready to make a full disk backup, as recommended by shadowsports. The more you use a failing drive, the more likely it will fail completely.

And, make a full disk backup, do not clone.