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copy partition caused Win XP activation error !HELP!

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flipdon

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im having this error message when booting up:

A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license for this computer. Error code: 0x80004005

what i did was use partition magic to copy the partitions on the old drive (45GB 75GXP) over to the new drive (60GB 60GXP). it worked fine booting up after PM was done. i just had a mirror image of the old drive, plus some unallocated space at the end i was going to deal with later.

and it was booting off of the new drive (drive management said the WindowsXP partition on the new drive was the System drive). so i thought it was safe to go ahead and delete everything on the second drive, which i did with PM again. so i reboot and it goes thru deleting the second drive, then as it boots again afterward i get the above error message during my welcome screen. I've tried starting in safe mode but i get the same error message and can't get past it.

can this be repaired using the Win XP cd and recovery console so i dont undo my settings? anyone else have a problem like this? maybe if doing an fdisk/format on the old drive would work? hope someone can help out.
 
> can this be repaired using the Win XP cd and recovery console so i dont undo my settings? anyone else have a problem like this? maybe if doing an fdisk/format on the old drive would work? hope someone can help out.

I don't think so. You should be able to reinstall XP ontop of your current install and not lose your settings/etc. Boot from the CD and when asked about a clean install or upgrade choose 'upgrade'. When finished you'll probably need to reactivate, but since only your HD changed it should do it via the internet and not the phonecall.

Bill
 
thanks alot for the tip! i just finished doing all the settings on this box, so i'd be nice to keep my settings 🙂

there shouldn't be a need for activation since my XP is a corporate version. could it be that the information about my OS being corporate (i.e. not needing the activation, or skipping it or something) doesn't get copied over with Partition Magic.

does anyone think this would of happened had i used Norton Ghost?
 
yeah....tried repairing and then got a BSOD.

oh well, just started over from scratch. its bout time for an OS format anyway.
 
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