Re: Repair install problem
From: Menno Hershberger (mhersh22_at_nosuchplace.net)
Date: 12/14/04
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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:13:10 -0800
Malke <malke@nospoonnotreally.com> wrote in news:ODbyClx3EHA.1976
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> Menno Hershberger wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to do a repair install of XP-Pro. Everything works fine -
>> files copied OK. Then it gets down to 27 minutes left and hangs (a
>> half hour this last time). If I shut it off, then it boots back into
>> setup and starts back at 39 minutes, installs devices, have to
>> re-enter key, then down to 27
>> minutes again and it hangs again. I can use the same CD and do a
>> fresh installation on another drive without a hitch, so I'm thinking
>> it's not the
>> CD. At this point, I can still read the drive as slave on another
>> computer. What might be hanging it up? It's a brand new Western
>> Digital 120 gig drive. I originally used the WD Lifeguard tools to set
>> it up, copying all the files from his old drive. But it hung at the
>> welcome screen. That's why I'm trying to do a repair install on it in
>> the first place. The old drive still boots and works just fine.
>>
>
> Probably the CD is fine. Even though the drive is brand new, run the
> diagnostics on it from the Tools CD you got with the drive. If the
> drive tests fine, test your RAM. There is a new version of Memtest86
> from www.memtest.org. Make either a bootable cd (you will need to do
> this on a machine with a working Internet connection and third-party
> burning software to burn the .iso) or a bootable floppy. Boot with the
> chosen media and let the test run for an extended period of time. If
> the test shows errors, replace the RAM.
I got it working before I caught your post. When I mirrored his drive
the first time I used a third drive with the WD software on it and just
used "copy partition". Second time around, I installed the WD software on
his old drive and used "install new drive". It copied the existing active
drive to the new one and it worked. I had been afraid it couldn't copy
that way since some of the files would be in use.
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