Windows logs off after logging in - Replaced Hard Drive

[TheDragon]

Hi,
I am running XP Pro SP3 on a 40GB hard drive. Time to upgrade. So I
inserted a newer 120GB drive as a slave. Using partition Magic i copied my
old drive to the new one and rezied it to fill the space.
I then powered down and removed the old drive.

Windows now boots fine from the new drive, however when I go to log in, the
machine immediately logs me out.

On searching i find references to replaced userinit files and registry
settings. None apply all is well on that front.

If i replace the old 40GB drive, the machine works fine again.

HELP?? I have previously done this procedure to upgrade drives before on SP1
and encountered no hassle.

[R. McCarty]

Are you doing the copy from the Partition Magic boot media or from
within Windows ? I would create the boot media, boot to it with both
disks installed. Do the copy/resize and remove the source disk and set
the larger drive as the Master.

Partition Magic has become somewhat dated for recent NTFS formats.
A better more versatile utility is Acronis Disk Management.

"TheDragon" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> I am running XP Pro SP3 on a 40GB hard drive. Time to upgrade. So I
> inserted a newer 120GB drive as a slave. Using partition Magic i copied my
> old drive to the new one and rezied it to fill the space.
> I then powered down and removed the old drive.
>
> Windows now boots fine from the new drive, however when I go to log in,
> the machine immediately logs me out.
>
> On searching i find references to replaced userinit files and registry
> settings. None apply all is well on that front.
>
> If i replace the old 40GB drive, the machine works fine again.
>
> HELP?? I have previously done this procedure to upgrade drives before on
> SP1 and encountered no hassle.
>

[John John (MVP)]

TheDragon wrote:
> Hi,
> I am running XP Pro SP3 on a 40GB hard drive. Time to upgrade. So I
> inserted a newer 120GB drive as a slave. Using partition Magic i copied my
> old drive to the new one and rezied it to fill the space.
> I then powered down and removed the old drive.
>
> Windows now boots fine from the new drive, however when I go to log in, the
> machine immediately logs me out.
>
> On searching i find references to replaced userinit files and registry
> settings. None apply all is well on that front.
>
> If i replace the old 40GB drive, the machine works fine again.
>
> HELP?? I have previously done this procedure to upgrade drives before on SP1
> and encountered no hassle.

Unable to log on if the boot partition drive letter has changed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249321

An easy fix for this is to boot the computer with a Windows 98 boot
diskette and run the FDISK /MBR command.

John

[TheDragon]

"John John (MVP)" > wrote in message
...
> TheDragon wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am running XP Pro SP3 on a 40GB hard drive. Time to upgrade. So I
>> inserted a newer 120GB drive as a slave. Using partition Magic i copied
>> my old drive to the new one and rezied it to fill the space.
>> I then powered down and removed the old drive.
>>
>> Windows now boots fine from the new drive, however when I go to log in,
>> the machine immediately logs me out.
>>
>> On searching i find references to replaced userinit files and registry
>> settings. None apply all is well on that front.
>>
>> If i replace the old 40GB drive, the machine works fine again.
>>
>> HELP?? I have previously done this procedure to upgrade drives before on
>> SP1 and encountered no hassle.
>
> Unable to log on if the boot partition drive letter has changed
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249321
>
> An easy fix for this is to boot the computer with a Windows 98 boot
> diskette and run the FDISK /MBR command.
>
> John

JOHN,
What do I say.

YOUR THE MAN.

Exactly as you suggested, the drive letter was wrong, It was in fact set to
G, not C. A simple tweak and all was well. I opted for the remote registry
option, as the machine doesnt hava floppy drive to dig out the old 98 DOS
disk.

When I did the copy, I must have forggotn the last stage, of changing the
new drive to C: and remove the letter from the old one. Grrrrrrr darn new
born babies.
>

[John John (MVP)]

TheDragon wrote:

> "John John (MVP)" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>TheDragon wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>> I am running XP Pro SP3 on a 40GB hard drive. Time to upgrade. So I
>>>inserted a newer 120GB drive as a slave. Using partition Magic i copied
>>>my old drive to the new one and rezied it to fill the space.
>>>I then powered down and removed the old drive.
>>>
>>>Windows now boots fine from the new drive, however when I go to log in,
>>>the machine immediately logs me out.
>>>
>>>On searching i find references to replaced userinit files and registry
>>>settings. None apply all is well on that front.
>>>
>>>If i replace the old 40GB drive, the machine works fine again.
>>>
>>>HELP?? I have previously done this procedure to upgrade drives before on
>>>SP1 and encountered no hassle.
>>
>>Unable to log on if the boot partition drive letter has changed
>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249321
>>
>>An easy fix for this is to boot the computer with a Windows 98 boot
>>diskette and run the FDISK /MBR command.
>>
>>John
>
>
> JOHN,
> What do I say.
>
> YOUR THE MAN.
>
> Exactly as you suggested, the drive letter was wrong, It was in fact set to
> G, not C. A simple tweak and all was well. I opted for the remote registry
> option, as the machine doesnt hava floppy drive to dig out the old 98 DOS
> disk.
>
> When I did the copy, I must have forggotn the last stage, of changing the
> new drive to C: and remove the letter from the old one. Grrrrrrr darn new
> born babies.

Thanks for the follow-up, glad to see that you got it fixed.

John

[TheDragon]

"R. McCarty" > wrote in message
...
> Are you doing the copy from the Partition Magic boot media or from
> within Windows ? I would create the boot media, boot to it with both
> disks installed. Do the copy/resize and remove the source disk and set
> the larger drive as the Master.
>
> Partition Magic has become somewhat dated for recent NTFS formats.
> A better more versatile utility is Acronis Disk Management.
>
> "TheDragon" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi,
>> I am running XP Pro SP3 on a 40GB hard drive. Time to upgrade. So I
>> inserted a newer 120GB drive as a slave. Using partition Magic i copied
>> my old drive to the new one and rezied it to fill the space.
>> I then powered down and removed the old drive.
>>
>> Windows now boots fine from the new drive, however when I go to log in,
>> the machine immediately logs me out.
>>
>> On searching i find references to replaced userinit files and registry
>> settings. None apply all is well on that front.
>>
>> If i replace the old 40GB drive, the machine works fine again.
>>
>> HELP?? I have previously done this procedure to upgrade drives before on
>> SP1 and encountered no hassle.
>>
>
Good tip. I have looked at both Acronis True Image and Disk Director. I like
them both.

Partition Magic and V2i, its time you were upgraded....

[Peter]

On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 07:41:39 -0500, "R. McCarty"
> wrote:

>Are you doing the copy from the Partition Magic boot media or from
>within Windows ? I would create the boot media, boot to it with both
>disks installed. Do the copy/resize and remove the source disk and set
>the larger drive as the Master.
>
>Partition Magic has become somewhat dated for recent NTFS formats.
>A better more versatile utility is Acronis Disk Management.
>
>"TheDragon" > wrote in message
...
>> Hi,
>> I am running XP Pro SP3 on a 40GB hard drive. Time to upgrade. So I
>> inserted a newer 120GB drive as a slave. Using partition Magic i copied my
>> old drive to the new one and rezied it to fill the space.
>> I then powered down and removed the old drive.
>>
>> Windows now boots fine from the new drive, however when I go to log in,
>> the machine immediately logs me out.
>>
>> On searching i find references to replaced userinit files and registry
>> settings. None apply all is well on that front.
>>
>> If i replace the old 40GB drive, the machine works fine again.
>>
>> HELP?? I have previously done this procedure to upgrade drives before on
>> SP1 and encountered no hassle.
>>
>

How about Seagate Discwizard? It is just the same as Acronis, isn't
it?