Mike Kinkade
December 5th 03, 08:12 PM
>-----Original 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
>.
>I would try a program called Norton Ghost. You can do a
disk to disk image which should take care of your problem.
>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
>.
>I would try a program called Norton Ghost. You can do a
disk to disk image which should take care of your problem.