Random Reboots Using Cloned Boot Drive
Afraid this is going to be a bit long - apologies.
I used ATI2016 to clone the boot drive on a Dell PWS 530 MT (2x1.8 GHz Xeons, 2 GB ECC RAM, ATI All-In-Wonder x800, three SCSI drives: "Boot" (36 GB, SCSI ID=0), "Apps" (36 GB, SCSI ID=1), and "Data" (73 GB, SCSI ID=2). The ID on "Boot" was set by removing all jumpers, on "Apps" by position on the SCSI cable (i.e., no jumpers), and on "Data" with a jumper.
I backed up the contents of "Data" to an external drive and the used ATI2016 to clone "Boot" to "Data" allowing it to expand the cloned partition. I then replaced "Boot" on its position on the SCSI cable with its clone on "Data" and added a "New" 147 GB drive where "Data" had been. I also set the SCSI IDs using jumpers. So now I had:
Drive Cable Position SCSI ID
"Data" First 0
"Apps" Second 1
"New". Third. 2
The first attempt to reboot made it to the WinXP splash screen before to machine crashed with unknown diagnostic lights and beep codes. The second attempt didn't make it that far before crashing with different, but still unknown, lights and beeps. I left the machine powered up while I went to look for a dull knive to cut my throat.
Decided to try again (and again, and again, etc.) getting a different BSOD each time. Only the first generated a mini-dump and that pointed to the SCSI driver. Finally, the machine successfully booted WinXP. Only problem is that it randomly reboots with no error messages or ant logging in Event Viewer. Once I was sitting in front of the machine and I saw one on the text boxes indicating that it was doing an orderly shutdown. There isn't any software on it that would initiate a reboot.
I have updated the system BIOS, done a "repair" install of the anti-virus package, and run a registry cleaner but am still getting the random reboots. Reinstalling the operating system isn't an option - although I have a WinXP SP3 DVD, it would literally take days to try to reinstall all the software. I've tried booting a Live Linux CD but the primary DVD drive is having trouble reading it.
Anybody have any ideas?


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