Re: Clone XP to new HD

As far as I am aware the disk doesn't have any errors on it at the moment.
It's making a whining noise.

I was hoping to clone the drive because it seemed easier than reinstalling
windows, SP updates and all my applications.


"beb" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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