Re: Weird actions after cloning XP-Pro disk...

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"Bo Berglund" <boberglund@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have bought a new 160 Gb drive for my HP NW8240 laptop since the old
ran out of space. I also purchased Ghost 10 in order to transfer my
XP-Pro system and data from the old to the new disk from within
Windows so I could use a USB connected target disk.

The new disk was attached to the laptop in one of these USB2 cabinets
for 2.5" drives you can buy and it sat there while Ghost made the
copy. Then I opened the laptop and replaced the old with the new drive
and then I powered it back up.

Now I reach the XP login prompt but when I enter my password it looks
like it accepts the login but it does not go to the desktop, instead
it sits for a couple of minutes on a blank screen and then it says
"logging off" and the synchronization window comes up (in vain because
I am not connected to the network at this time). Finally the login
prompt returns.
The same happens with domain as well as local account logins.
Shutting down the computer and the starting it again does not help.

What can have happened? And what can I do?
Of course I can return my old drive and start over but I would like to
know what I can do to not repeat this...
Seems to be something with the XP transfer or such.

Any ideas?

Bo Berglund
bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com

This is not weird at all. While cloning your system, your system
drive letter changed. It is no longer C: but perhaps D: or E:. The
result is that Windows is unable to locate userinit.exe, which then
prevents you from logging on.

The cure depends on your setup: If the machine is networked,
or if you have ready access to another WinXP desktop PC,
or if you have more than one formatted partition on your new
disk.


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