Re: Clone XP to new HD
- From: "beb" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 05:29:02 -0500
Have you tried starting in safe mode? Cloning or imaging a defective hard
drive is a risky thing. Sometimes problems are transferred to the new image.
Make sure that you backup your important files before transferring images. I
would try a repair installation ,AKA, an in place installation just for fun.
However I would do a clean installation to be sure that some other problem
won't happen in the future because of damage carried over. You will need a
windows XP installation CD, upgraded to the current service pack level of
the current operating system on the drive and the license key to do a repair
install. Good luck
"M Jones" <mjonesNOSPAM@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My main 40Gb hard disk is very noisy and I think it's about to fail so I
have cloned it to my spare 20Gb hard disk using Norton Ghost 9.0. All the
files and folders are there and it boots but doesn't give the XP user name
login prompt. I get the XP blue login screen saying XP is starting but it
doesn't get any further than that.
Is there anything I need to do with the XP OS on my old hard disk before I
clone it to my new one? I thought it would be pretty straightforward
because I did it very easily with my Win98 machine. Is it because XP is
not able to recognise the new disk as installed hardware?
Thanks.
.
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