I did a 1:1 copy from one HD to another (Both XP)

[BustaBust]

I had a hard drive with XP and all my files on it. It is a running hard drive. I did a 1:1 copy from this drive to a new empty drive. Well when I use the new drive it'll go to the Windows XP blue screen thing where you enter your password and whatever and just stays there. It won't load up the OS. It'll just hang and won't load. What should I do?

Thanks.

 

[EeyoreX]

Same computer, or a different one?

\Dan

 

[goshawk066]

If it is a different machine, odds are you will have to reinstall to install the correct HAL. If it is the same machine, something may not have copied right, and you might just have to run the quick recovery off of the XP cd which will restore xp to the original install configuration, wiping out all the windows updates but leaving everything else the same.

 

[redbeard1]

Odd as it sounds, try booting with a 98 floppy disk, with fdisk on it, and use the fdisk/mbr command. This is supposed to reset the drive id in the mbr.

 

[schdaddy]

 

[BustaBust]

Same machine. I guess I'll try the reinstall. Redbeard I cannot do that since my computer doesn't have a FDD only media readers and cd roms.

Getting a new hard drive caused alot of problems. Look at this : Thread

 

[sygyzy]

I have been working on this problem for a week. It has to do with how Windows XP tracks HD's. I don't think it's possible.

 

[redbeard1]

Borrow a floppy for an hour. Just leave it sit in the bottom of the case while you do it.

It can be done. A friend of mine did it. He actually found an article about it somewhere. Either at symantec under the ghost knowledge base or the MS knowledge base. Unfortunately he never sent me the links.

What did you use to do the "1:1" copy?

 

[corkyg]

I change HDDs every week on three computers - I clone the drives using DriveCopy 4 from a bootable CD. There's never a problem - XP simply finds "new hardware" and after a reboot is the same as it was. I never mix drives with different computers - as long as the drive is the only component that changes, XP has not problem. I suspect your cloning may not have been exactly correct.

 

[Rhobite]

One word, sysprep.

 

[BustaBust]

I used some software that came with the WD hard drive. It can do partitions,hd copies, and install the ULTRA ATA Promise card. I used it to do a 1:1 copy. Also, I don't know WTF sysprep is. I haven't up on computers for a year and half because of business,school and so on.

Read this Thread

My cd-rom drives dont even work now.

thanks.

 

[goshawk066]

If you have your old hard drive still around and can copy it, get norton Ghost and copy it again that way. That should work. i have had good luck with Ghost.

 

[Rhobite]

Sysprep is a utility that prepares your system for cloning. If you don't run sysprep before ghosting an XP machine, it probably won't boot. There are good sysprep guides out there, google for one.