Re: Moving XP Pro to a new HD
From: Jane Crystal (utopianseamaid_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/29/04
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 11:57:47 -0700
Does that mean that when I'm done with my XP Pro Test install on Drive E
(10GB HDD), and I just disconnect drive E or reformat it, that I will have a
problem when next I try to reboot the system to get back into Windows Me on
Drive C?
Does it also mean that if I choose to keep XP Pro after reformatting and
removing Drive E as above, installing a larger Drive E (40GB, 80GB, or
120GB) that I will have a problem putting XP on the new Drive E? Assume that
XP was neither registered nor activated for the test install on the 10GB
Drive E.
What is a pagefile, and what do I need to know about one?
"Hans-Georg Michna" <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> wrote in message
news:8lq2j0dmpg6n1tmmb83qovfqava5epgmoa@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:00:36 -0500, "C. Jon Hinkle"
> <cjon_hinkle@snotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I've read through the previous postings on this topic, and I still have a
> >problem.
> >
> >I have an older machine, P-II 266/128 mb ram, with a 4 GB HD and a
working
> >copy of xp pro on it. The 4 gigger is full. I want to clone the entire
> >drive to an 8 GB drive.
> >
> >If I try Drive Image, it won't run because it requires 256 MB to boot
from
> >the CD, and I don't have room to install it on the HD. I don't have a
copy
> >of Ghost that works with XP. I can use Maxtor's maxblast to "clone" the
> >drive, but when I do, XP sees the 8 GB drive as "E" and the 4 GB drive as
> >"C", even if I set the new drive up as the master and the old drive up as
> >the slave.
> >
> >If I try to change the drive letters, XP won't let me because the C:
drive
> >has the pagefile on it, and the E: drive is the system drive. Moreover,
if
> >I disconnect the 4 GB drive, the system won't boot, even though it
appears
> >to me that when it does boot it is running off of the new drive. A
pagefile
> >issue, I expect.
> >
> >Also, XP refuses to do a clean install to the new drive with the old
drive
> >disconnected. Loads up all the drivers and then says "loading windows"
and
> >freezes.
>
> Jon,
>
> you could look into http://www.michna.com/kb/WxMove.htm and
> http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDriveLetterChangeSystemPartition.htm,
> but I suspect some deeper problem with the new hard disk.
>
> Another possibility is that the partition on the new disk has
> not been set to active. But that should not be a problem with a
> fresh installation. If a fresh installation does not work, then
> you have a rather severe problem.
>
> Have you tried to install Windows XP into a smaller partition,
> say, 4 GB or just 1 GB, on the new drive? If that works, then
> the problem is with the Extended INT13 services in the BIOS.
> Perhaps they don't exist. A workaround would be to create a tiny
> (20 MB) partition for the three boot files and a larger
> partition for the rest of the drive.
>
> Hans-Georg
>
> --
> No mail, please.
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