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I didn't find the answer in Clonezilla's site/mailing list archives. Maybe someone has already seen this issue and knows how to recover from it:
On a test host, using www.partedmagic.com, I created two partitions: One to hold an OS I wish to use for testing (/sda1), and a second partition to hold images (/sda2)
After trying out Windows7, I used CloneZilla to restore an XPSP3 image, but I get the following error message when rebooting:
"Reboot and select proper boot device"
Could it be that Clonezilla didn't save/restore the MBR? Gparted didn't let me set a partition as "active", so it could also be this, but I have no idea.
Thank you for any help.
Thanks guys, I could recover XP and have it boot again. Does someone know of an alternative to CloneZilla that takes take of saving/restoring the MBR along with the OS partition? – OverTheRainbow – 2010-01-11T11:49:51.487
I use Acronis True Image Home (commercial product). – harrymc – 2010-01-11T12:06:02.700
Thanks for the tip. It doesn't look like Acronis handles non-Windows partitions: www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/requirements.html – OverTheRainbow – 2010-01-11T13:03:54.203
It's not conclusive: It can only be installed on Windows, but the section "Supported storage media" just says "Hard disk drives". Try the trial version to see. It's a good product and worth the hassle. If it doesn't work, I may find some other recommendations. – harrymc – 2010-01-11T13:20:28.347