Windows XP x64 does not display usernames at logon!

[speedstream5621]

I have a working install of x64 on an ATA hard drive. I copied the driver over to a WD SATA drive using Ghost. The SATA drive boots fine, but when you get to that login page all you see is the background with the Windows XP logo. To the right of that, there should be the icons to select a user to logon as. Those don't exist, so I am left with no other option, but to manually restart or shutdown the computer.

It does the same thing in Safe Mode, Debug Mode, and Last Known Good Configuration. I may have tried something else, but it would also have yielded the same result.

I have tried Windows Recovery Console and done CHKDSK /P and everything came out just fine.

Is it a problem with the SATA drive? That is the only thing that is different between the two installs. Should I go onto my good install, uninstall the hard drive in Device Manager, and then re-Ghost?

 

[Woodie]

What happens when you press C-A-D to log on?
Also, is this standalone, or a member of a domain?

 

[speedstream5621]

Standalone and pressing any combination of keys does nothing. The Welcome screen is activated...so no need for C-A-D.

 

[AsianriceX]

If you press C-A-D a few times at the welcome screen, the regular logon box should appear.

 

[speedstream5621]

The problem has changed. I re-Ghosted after disabling the Welcome screen feature and making some more free space on the drive. I can log into all of the accounts, but I never reach the desktop because I am logged off before I get there.

Is this a problem with the volume serial number since it is the same install on two different drives?

I've tried doing two Repair installs and both times the installer has failed trying to do the RAID drivers. The screen freezes before I can tell it to proceed.

 

[ViRGE]

You tried to copy an image from ATA->SATA, and that's always a bad idea. You may as well bite the bullet and reinstall XP64 on your SATA drive the old-fashioned way.

 

[speedstream5621]

I'm pretty sure I have done it without incident with a 2K install. I'm entirely sure though.

If I can't find a fix relatively soon, I'm just going to start from scratch as you suggested.

Userinit.exe corrupt? Anyone....😱

 

[fr]

I just had this problem after using Ghost to make an image of a drive and restoring it to another one. Here's the fix I eventually found that worked in case anyone else comes upon this thread:


http://www.murraymoffatt.com/software-problem-0007.html