Re: System won't boot after new HDD installation and MaxBlast cras

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"Joe Mak" wrote:

Hi,
I recently installed a new Maxtor 200 GB HDD on my HP running
Windows
XP.
Ran Maxblast 4 installation software (making the new HDD the boot
disc)
which
crashed in the middle of copying files. Disk formatting etc seemed
to
work
fine. Now I can't boot, it hangs with a blue Windows XP screen.
Any
help
would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Joe


"Joe Mak" <JoeMak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I didn't get that far. The next step according to the Maxtor
instructions,
if everything copied properly, was to make the new drive the master
(0).
However I didn't do this since it crashed midway through the copy.
I've
tried rebooting with both the new drive by itself as well as the old
drive
by
itself. The new drive does nothing all blank after the BIOS screen...
the
old drive makes it to the Micrsoft XP screen and hangs.


"Anna" wrote:
Joe:
First of all we'll assume the following...
1. Before you installed your new Maxtor HD, the system performed without
problems. Your boot drive booted to a Desktop without incident and the
system functioned just fine. Right?
2. Your plan was to use the Maxtor disk copying software to copy (clone)
the
contents of your old HD to the new one so that the new one would then
function as your new day-to-day boot drive. Right?

Now, after using that MaxBlast program -- and there were problems using
it -- your old HD no longer boots and neither does your new 200 GB
Maxtor.
Right? (I assume you've been able to post your messages using another
machine, right?)

Assuming the above is the case -- you probably should do the following
(at
least for a start)...

Perform a Repair install on your old HD. Hopefully that will bring it
back
to life. If you don't know how to perform a Repair install, do a Google
search on "XP repair install". You'll find step-by-step instructions on a
number of websites.

Then we can go on from there...
Anna


"Joe Mak" <JoeMak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Anna,
It looks like you need the XP CD (which I don't have) for the repair
install. Any other thoughts?
Thanks


Joe:
Yes, you most certainly need the XP installation CD to perform the Repair
install. You might want to get in touch with Microsoft for a replacement
assuming you no longer have the original.
Anna


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