If one OS is used to Move a shared resource, it could hijack the overall permissions for that resource. How much this could apply to your situation is very much up in the air. The image will also contain the MBR for a given volume. Was the Vista image made before XP existed? If so, the restored MBR won't know a thing about XP. Peace, Gman http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: <recklessmaverick@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:57 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: XP Musical boot failure > Hmmmmm > > I restored the Data drive. No Help > > I restored the XP drive to same date as data drive restored to. No help > > I booted to Vista, opened EasyBCD and re-wrote the Vista MBR. No Help. > > Tried to boot to XP SAFE mode. Hangs there also. > > I 'm gonna go Google for some new curse words to try. Anybody got any > ideas before I find some? > > Don --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------