Re: Boot problems

"Mark" <m_corbelli@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Searching these threads I haven't seen this one yet. Last week I
turned on my computer as usual and the screen that comes up when you
didn't shut down windows properly came up. No big deal or so I
thought. I chose to start windows normally, and the same screen came
up. I chose safe mode, safe mode with networking, last known good
configuration, etc. ALL come back up at the same screen. I backup
using Acronis software to an external USB drive. My last backup was 10
days prior to this problem. I tried a restore and the trouble was
still there so I ran a virus and integrity check on the backup but
nothing came up. So I figured the hard drive was toast and I purchased
another computer. After rolling back from Vista to XP on the new one,
I updated all the drivers etc and had a good working computer except
without all my programs and data. Then I restored the image from
external hard drive backup to the new drive, and guess what....the
problem occurs on the new hard drive as well. So whatever problem
occured on my old hard drive was transferred over to the backup on the
external hard drive and then onto the new hard drive. This is a
completely new and different computer, so it can't be hardware issues
like a bad drive cable etc. Besides needing help on how to fix this, I
wonder why a backup from 10 days PRIOR to the problem developing on
the old hard drive transfers the problem to the new hard drive? I
would understand it if the backup was made AFTER the problem
developed! Please help if you can!


Let me see if I've got this right. You installed XP on a new computer you
purchased. Everything's working great.

You now take an image created on the old computer, restore it to the new
computer which effectively wipes out the working installation, and it doesn't
boot.

Of course it doesn't boot. It's looking for all the hardware settings from your
old computer. Unless the two systems are nearly identical, you can expect to
need to perform a repair installation. Take a look at this article for more info
or Google XP repair installation.

Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP
How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan


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