. You can then restore that image onto a virtual hard drive by booting CZ in VB again.[Solved] Windows XP host/guest with raw physical disk access
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Re: Windows XP host/guest with raw physical disk access
And that's why you need to test it . You can then restore that image onto a virtual hard drive by booting CZ in VB again.
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Re: Windows XP host/guest with raw physical disk access
Well it turns out I have 28KB of bad sectors on the drive (in one partition) which I hadn't noticed. XP NTFS had correctly spotted the bad sectors and marked them out of use and so no file data was in a bad sector so I'd never seen a problem in normal use and even CHKDSK /F /R would pass. Seagate Diagnostics tells me I have enough spare sectors for it to substitute so that should give me a clean drive again but I think I'll make another backup (in file not block mode) just to be on the safe side before I let it go ahead!
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
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Re: [Solved] Windows XP host/guest with raw physical disk access
Ok after sorting out the drive problems, the "Repair Installation" worked perfectly and I now have the old PC running virtually.
Thanks again for the help.
Thanks again for the help.