transfer of OS

[Aubrey]

I've installed a new harddrive and wish to transfer my
operating system to the new drive. I have been
unsuccessful in getting the computer to boot after using
Wester Digital's drive image sofware. (Data Lifeguard
tools V 10.0) I've tried rewriting the boot sector with
the recovery console and it still starts up normally,
shows the XP Professional logo, but automatically restarts
without an error msg prior to the login screen. As best
as I can tell, when I boot in safe mode, before it
restarts I see the partition information... rdisk(0), mdisk
(0), fdisk(0), partition (1) and then the file it is
trying to load. I assume that something in the boot.ini
or other startup files did not copy properly using the WD
software.

Is there a way to do a fresh install to the new drive, and
then transfer a backed up copy from my old drive. I would
like to retain my current settings and layout. If I must,
I can re-install everything, although that is a time
consuming process. Any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks.

Aubrey

[Roger Abell [MVP]]

At this point you could try an upgrade install=20
of the OS, but you would need to reapply all=20
service afterwards (sp1 if the CD does not have=20
it integrated, and then all security updates, etc.)

You can make a backup that includes System=20
State and then restore this on top of a fresh=20
install.

Or, as mentioned, use other imaging software.

--=20
Roger=20

"Aubrey" > wrote in message =
...
> I've installed a new harddrive and wish to transfer my=20
> operating system to the new drive. I have been=20
> unsuccessful in getting the computer to boot after using=20
> Wester Digital's drive image sofware. (Data Lifeguard=20
> tools V 10.0) I've tried rewriting the boot sector with=20
> the recovery console and it still starts up normally,=20
> shows the XP Professional logo, but automatically restarts=20
> without an error msg prior to the login screen. As best=20
> as I can tell, when I boot in safe mode, before it=20
> restarts I see the partition information... rdisk(0), mdisk
> (0), fdisk(0), partition (1) and then the file it is=20
> trying to load. I assume that something in the boot.ini=20
> or other startup files did not copy properly using the WD=20
> software.
>=20
> Is there a way to do a fresh install to the new drive, and=20
> then transfer a backed up copy from my old drive. I would=20
> like to retain my current settings and layout. If I must,=20
> I can re-install everything, although that is a time=20
> consuming process. Any help would be greatly=20
> appreciated. Thanks.
>=20
> Aubrey

[Peter Clark]

ranish partition manager
http://www.ranish.com/part/
can do direct disk or partition copying and its free


>-----Original Message-----
>At this point you could try an upgrade install
>of the OS, but you would need to reapply all
>service afterwards (sp1 if the CD does not have
>it integrated, and then all security updates, etc.)
>
>You can make a backup that includes System
>State and then restore this on top of a fresh
>install.
>
>Or, as mentioned, use other imaging software.
>
>--
>Roger
>
>"Aubrey" > wrote in message
...
>> I've installed a new harddrive and wish to transfer my
>> operating system to the new drive. I have been
>> unsuccessful in getting the computer to boot after using
>> Wester Digital's drive image sofware. (Data Lifeguard
>> tools V 10.0) I've tried rewriting the boot sector with
>> the recovery console and it still starts up normally,
>> shows the XP Professional logo, but automatically restarts
>> without an error msg prior to the login screen. As best
>> as I can tell, when I boot in safe mode, before it
>> restarts I see the partition information... rdisk(0), mdisk
>> (0), fdisk(0), partition (1) and then the file it is
>> trying to load. I assume that something in the boot.ini
>> or other startup files did not copy properly using the WD
>> software.
>>
>> Is there a way to do a fresh install to the new drive, and
>> then transfer a backed up copy from my old drive. I would
>> like to retain my current settings and layout. If I must,
>> I can re-install everything, although that is a time
>> consuming process. Any help would be greatly
>> appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>> Aubrey
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