I have carried out the clonong procedure twice. First using Easus Todo Backup Free and then with Acronis True Image Home 10. In both instances I could not boot into XP only Windows 7. Copied below is a transcript taken from the screen that appears when attemptinto boot into xp.
WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the
cause. To fix the problem:
- Insert your Windows installation disk and restart your computer.
- Choose your language settings, and then click “Next.”
- Click “Repair your computer.”
If you do not have this disk, contact your system administrator or computer
Manufacturer for assistance
File: \NST\ntldr
Status: 0xc000000e
Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is
missing or corrupt.
Below is the informtion copied and pasted from th "View Settings" page of BCD. Originally this had only two entries but I have managed to make it into three. This is from the XP OS which according to My Computer is on the cloned drive (95.2gb as against 26.89gb for the Samsung disk. Incidentally all disks appear under "Disk Management" but only the Western Digital under "My Computer.
There are a total of 3 entries listed in the bootloader.
Default: Microsoft Windows XP
Timeout: 25 seconds
EasyBCD Boot Device: C:\
Entry #1
Name: Microsoft Windows XP
BCD ID: {default}
Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume5
Bootloader Path: \NST\ntldr
Entry #2
Name: Microsoft Windows 7
BCD ID: {56cccae6-d387-11e2-bc80-000fea37fdbf}
Drive: D:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Entry #3
Name: Microsoft Windows XP
BCD ID: {56cccae9-d387-11e2-bc80-000fea37fdbf}
Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume5
Bootloader Path: \NST\easyldr1
Please let me know if you require more information.
Regards,
Wychwar