Re: Win XP Product Activation has screwed up my installation.

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No problem. It would only be obvious to someone who has done something
similar. So, unless we're both morons......<g>

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Don" <Don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CB47EA54-DE60-4953-B353-B0365D9485AA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I AM A MORON!!!
>
> Rick, you're right.
> When I was cabling up the drives I used the wrong one.
>
> My apologies.
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> WinXP doesn't just "roll back" and delete everything that was previously
>> installed and existed on the system. It's simply not possible. Even a
>> repair
>> installation or parallel installation leaves existing program and data
>> files
>> "as is". I would suspect somehow that you are not booting the
>> installation
>> that you think you are, but rather another one. Perhaps the original
>> system
>> files (those used to initiate loading the system, not the actual
>> installation files) were on the slave drive that you removed - have you
>> tried putting it back to see what happens?
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Don" <Don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:2C654288-B79E-45D3-A390-8068FB015B42@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I did not replace my boot disk.
>> > I did not ghost over my boot disk.
>> > I did not try creating a new disk.
>> > I made no changes to the software or the C:\ AT ALL!!!
>> > I simply added a new hard drive.
>> >
>> > When setting up my machine months ago, I added a second hard drive that
>> > had
>> > some info on it that I wanted copied.
>> > Since the installation I have also slaved in other disks to retrieve
>> > large
>> > databases from them.
>> >
>> > Last week I installed a new graphics card and things were great.
>> > Last night I took out my slaved drive and replaced it with a new larger
>> > disk.
>> > When I booted my machine, it booted into the WinXP SP1 version I have
>> > previously mentioned. It has been rolled back to a completely fresh
>> > install
>> > on the C:\
>> > Everything but the OS is gone from the C:\
>> > Even the password I set for Administrator is gone.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>> >
>> >> When you replaced the hard drive, did you ghost over the original
>> >> installation or create a new one? You need to tell us exactly what
>> >> steps
>> >> you
>> >> took to arrive where you are at.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Best of Luck,
>> >>
>> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> >> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> >> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> >>
>> >> "Don" <Don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:56B27F91-E968-4D86-A8FC-66AE563D3C79@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Rock" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Don wrote:
>> >> >> > I installed a new graphics card and hard drive, when I booted the
>> >> >> > machine,
>> >> >> > the damn Product Activation kicked in.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I couldnt do the Product Activation online, because my
>> >> >> > configuration
>> >> >> > settings hadnt loaded, so I called the number provided and tried
>> >> >> > enter
>> >> >> > the 72
>> >> >> > digit Product Activation Key through my ttelephone keypad....
>> >> >> > this
>> >> >> > didnt work
>> >> >> > either. It wouldnt recognise the 4 set of numbers.
>> >> >> > I then managed to get through to Product Activation support who
>> >> >> > were
>> >> >> > able to
>> >> >> > give me a Product Activation Code.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > However when I logged in I found my system had rolled back to a
>> >> >> > fresh
>> >> >> > install, consequently Ive lost everything which Ive installed
>> >> >> > over
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > last
>> >> >> > couple months.
>> >> >> > How do I resolve this cockup?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You're post is a bit unclear. What do you mean by the system
>> >> >> "rolled
>> >> >> back to a fresh install"?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Rock
>> >> >> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> >> >
>> >> > I mean the XP looks like it has been freshly installed.
>> >> > All my drivers are gone, its detecting all the hardware as new.
>> >> > All networking and internet configuration gone.
>> >> > All my utilites, programs and games are gone.
>> >> > Even the SP2 service pack for windows XP has disappeared.
>> >> >
>> >> > Its going to be a long time to get everything installed and
>> >> > configured
>> >> > properly again.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>


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