The problem occurs when you try to boot the slave, is that correct? Even if
you change the slave to the master, the former slave drive has a cloned
image from a different hard drive of an OS installation that was installed
while the slave drive was not installed. I'm not sure if even having it
installed would make a difference but the error you mention is typical of
trying to image to a different computer than the one on which XP was
originally installed.

I can only deduce from that and what you have described and the fact the
slave hard drive was not connected to this computer when the OS was
installed that it is being seen as a different computer.

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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
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"William B. Lurie" wrote in message
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Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User) wrote:

William, I did not ask the question I meant to ask. I meant to ask, were
both drives connected to the system when you first installed XP on the
primary drive.

I am sure that, way back when I installed XP on the primary drive,
I had no slave drive. However, I don't understand the significance.
When both drives are online, I only 'run' the master. The slave
doesn't even have an OS on it.

If not, then XP setup, never saw the second drive. If you
added the drive after you installed XP and then imaged the first drive to
the second drive, that might account for the HAL error as it sees the new
drive, though an image of the first drive as though it were a separate
computer.

I must clarify quickly an error in what version of D-I is for what.
I quote their Installation Instructions:

"Drive Image for Windows 2000, Windows XP. Drive Image 7.0 does not run
under Windows 9x, Windows ME, or Windows NT 4.0 Workstation. If you have
one of these operating systems, use the Drive Image CD that is marked
for your operating system".

I really think I should de-activate RC frommy Master drive, and make
sure it is bootable (suicide would be an alternative), and then
make a fresh Drive Image of it, on my Slave Drive, and then try to Recover
a clone from that fresh drive image. But I need specific
instructions on how to do so, if you agree.
William B. Lurie