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John Wells wrote:
&gt; Guys,
&gt; 
&gt; Finally got this to work, although it wasn't very straightforward.
&gt; 
&gt; I imaged the disk using partimage (partimage.org) and Knoppix.  I then
&gt; booted the target laptop into knoppix, connected to the original machine,
&gt; and transferred it over.  I took approximately 2 hours to restore 15 GB.
&gt; 
&gt; However, Windows XP wouldn't boot.  The bootloader pulled up fine, but if
&gt; I tried to boot in anything but safe mode, I'd get a blank screen.  If I
&gt; *did* boot in safe mode, it would begin booting and list a number of
&gt; drivers out of the multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partion(1)\Windows\System
&gt; directory it was loading, and then it would just halt.
&gt; 
&gt; As a last resort, I popped in the XP cd.  Instead of dropping to the
&gt; recovery console, I pressed &quot;Enter&quot; to begin re-installing XP.  On the
&gt; next screen, you have the option of choosing to try and repair a current
&gt; installation.  I opted for that, and the system went through a (seemingly)
&gt; full install process, with &quot;Time remaining&quot; indicators and standard in
&gt; progress promotional material.
&gt; 
&gt; When it was finished, I reboot, and voila...my system was restored.  All
&gt; software from the original drive was in place and working.  All settings
&gt; restored, etc.
&gt; 
&gt; So, while it wasn't as easy as I had hoped, it still did work.  I'm not
&gt; exactly certain what caused the problem initially, but glad the end turned
&gt; out ok.
&gt; 
&gt; Thanks,
&gt; John
&gt; 
&gt; 
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