Re: Unable to install Operating System--RESOLVED!

I assume you're saying you have the old and new HDDs installed on the same box.
If so, are they setup as dual-boot? If so, boot to the old HDD, snap a picture,
burn it to a CD disc, etc....well, you can figure out the rest.

If no dual boot....swap 'um and go from there.

To successfully make the transfers that you're asking for, you'll have to
extract from an active drive, since some of these settings are from the
registry. Refer to the supplemental link that I cited previously. It contains
info about OE transfers and includes links to other backup/restore routines.

"DustyB" <pc_phixer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:u4cRTJLQFHA.4004@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello "wayfarrer" and all;
>
> "wayfarrer" <dontbother@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23Ar9l9HQFHA.2736@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Glad to hear you got the problem resolved!
> You have no idea...(:-o)!
>
> > Regarding the transfer issue, look into what Windows XP already offers
> you:
> >
> > HOW TO: Use Files and Settings Transfer Wizard in Windows XP
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293118
> Yeah. I'm sure that works...if I were transferring files from box "A" to
> box "B" via the LAN. But unless there's something I'm not getting from it,
> it won't do disk "A" to disk "B" transfers...
>
> DustyB
>
> >
> > Here's a supplemental link to read first:
> >
> > Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
> > http://winsupportcenter.com/win5/a/fast.htm
> >
> > "DustyB" <pc_phixer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:%23WN3$eGQFHA.3156@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > It seems the the irresistible force of my troubleshooting did indeed
> move
> > > the formerly immovable object (my Dell Dimension 8100)! (:-o)!
> > >
> > > For those new to this thread, I'll summarize; I was doing a routine
> download
> > > and execution of a proggie to help me track down a slow boot. Then,
> after
> > > years of working just fine on XP Pro/SP2 I got:
> > > "A desk read error occurred"
> > > "Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart"
> > >
> > > I got lots of advice from folks reading here and on other forums. Some
> from
> > > the terminally clueless. Some pointless. Some just plain wrong. Some
> > > about unrelated issues. And just 2 that helped me narrow down the issue
> > > with some directed advice.
> > >
> > > I had explained that I'd installed a new HDD, yet folks would assert
> that my
> > > drive was going bad. I'd explain that I'd tried other, older and/or
> > > different versions of the OS (Win2KP) and folks would submit that it was
> the
> > > *&^%$#@! SP2, or XP in general, or Microsoft in particular; with some
> even
> > > finding time to cast dispersions on the current administration for this
> > > issue (albeit not in this forum). There was absolutely no shortage of
> folks
> > > with an axe to grind. Others asserted that it was surely an Internet
> > > sourced virus, Trojan, or worm. My words explaining that this was
> happening
> > > in the boot cycle just didn't seem to have any weight to them. I've
> been
> > > running NTFS since NT first offered it. Yet folks would insist that
> only a
> > > FAT/FAT32 formatted drive could work. Others asserted that I had gotten
> > > some well deserved malware because I didn't or wouldn't run Linux or a
> Mac.
> > > Trust me, the level of stupidity, ignorance, arrogance, and just
> outright
> > > hatred for any thing MS related out there is frightening!
> > >
> > > I had reduced my system to mouse & KB; video card; and a new HDD (tested
> and
> > > certified on another system). The mouse and KB handlers are in the
> mobo, so
> > > they're hard to isolate; as is the IDE interface. I was in the process
> of
> > > getting ready to install an IDE card to eliminate the integrated one,
> when
> > > it occurred to me to "hand-manage" the heretofore automatic "cable
> select"
> > > settings on my HDD's. I made drive 0 the hard master, and voila! It
> came
> > > right up.
> > >
> > > Since the cable's are okay, the problem has to be on the mobo, in the
> device
> > > select/control logic. Although priority one is to get this unit up, so
> I
> > > can read my mail and get back on-line, I'm going to have to get that
> mobo
> > > replaced.
> > >
> > > Hopefully my experiences will help others "find the light"...
> > >
> > > All-in-all, I've found XP to be good, solid, stable, and all-around
> pretty
> > > easy to use. It's all I recommend to my customers. I'll only work on a
> W2K
> > > machine if they're going to upgrade to XP while I'm there...
> > >
> > > About the only drag at the moment is that I couldn't locate the file I'd
> > > downloaded some years back from "Tomsterdam's" excellent site for that
> > > freebie OE backup utility. I had backed my OE up with that, and now
> find
> > > that he's taken it down for some work so I can't replace my missing
> > > file...drat!
> > >
> > > Also, for some of you software wizards out there. So much of what OE
> does
> > > is held in the registry. A tool that permits one to extract that info
> > > (accounts, rules, etc.) and apply it to a new installation would be most
> > > useful. It's gonna be a drag having to recreate some 200 accounts,
> rules,
> > > and so on... But, at least my box is back and I can browse on my own
> > > machine from now on...
> > >
> > >
> > > Signing off'a this one,
> > > DustyB
> > > ...
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>


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