Re: info in boot sector out of sync after clone

[Krister]

Thanks for the advice Jordan.
I followed your instructions and things looks better:

"
sda3: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ntfs
    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7
    Boot sector info:   No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  Windows Vista
    Boot files:        /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe
"

It did not resolve the problem as I expected.
Before the machine would just hang when I try to boot into Vista.
Now the machine will just reboot when I try to boot into Vista.
I reinstalled GRUB but that didn't seem to help.

Do you have any more advice for me?


On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Jordan Uggla <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Krister <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hello folks,
>>
>> I just got a bigger harddrive and cloned over my partitions.
>> After the clone I am happy to see that ubuntu still runs happily.
>>
>> Windows will not boot however. I reinstalled GRUB, but to no avail.
>> I think it has to do with the following output from boot_info_script:
>>
>> "
>> sda3: 
>> __________________________________________________________________________
>>
>>    File system:       ntfs
>>    Boot sector type:  Windows Vista/7
>>    Boot sector info:   According to the info in the boot sector, sda3 starts
>>                       at sector 21196800. But according to the info from
>>                       fdisk, sda3 starts at sector 21829632.
>>    Operating System:  Windows Vista
>>    Boot files:        /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe
>> "
>>
>>
>> Not surprising but I'm not sure how to update the "info in the boot sector".
>> Could someone give me a hint?
>
> Follow this guide:
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bootinfoscript/index.php?title=Boot_Problems:Boot_Sector
> with the exception that on the sixth screen you need to select
> "Rebuild BS" rather than "Backup BS" (because in your case rather than
> the boot sector being clobbered while having a valid backup, both the
> current boot sector and the backup are based on your previous setup's
> starting sector for the partition).
>
> --
> Jordan Uggla (Jordan_U on irc.freenode.net)