Harddisk upgrade is generating a license error

[Peter]

Hi,

Try boot from the original XP CD and perform a repair
install.

NOTE: Repair install, not clean install.

Peter

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi all,
>
>I have Windows XP Professional running successfully for
>sometime now. Yesterday, I purchased a new bigger
>harddisk (80gb) and had the old disk (40gb has XP
>installed) copied over to the new one. Tried both
>Maxtor's tool as well as Norton Ghost, but when I
finally
>replace the orignal disk with the new one and bootup, I
>get the following error message:
>
>A probem is preventing Windows from accurately checking
>the license for this computer. Error code: 0x8007002.
>
>and the system just stays blank with no keys working and
>just the mouse cursor visible. I searched for any
>existing issue on newsgroups, but I only found others
>reporting this error for other reasons, such as while
>accessing network (not during the boot). I also found
the
>following article
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?
>scid=kb;en-us;Q310794
>
>which though I am not sure if is the solution, I tried
to
>do it anyway, but the fact is XP doesn't even boot into
>the safe mode. I get the safe mode wallpaper and nothing
>else (similar to the normal boot), and in addition I get
>some flashes continuously as if it is trying to show me
>some message, but something is prevent it from doing it
>(this can very well be the earlier mentioned error
>message).
>
>I will try again by taking a copy with the partition
size
>same as the original and see if that makes any
>difference. I am unable to find any other information if
>there are some special instructions to be followed
before
>upgrading the boot harddisk etc., so I would appreciate
>any help on this issue.
>
>Thank you very much,
>Hari
>.
>

[Hari Krishna Dara]

"Peter" > wrote in message >...
> Hi,
>
> Try boot from the original XP CD and perform a repair
> install.
>
> NOTE: Repair install, not clean install.
>
> Peter
>

Thanks a lot for your response. I think you don't see this in the
initial menu right, so do you go into the regular install and select
repair option somewhere?

Also, is this a known issue or is it because I have to follow some
upgrade steps? I changed the hardware many times (like adding a cd
burner, and adding PCI cards or even adding other harddisks etc.), but
never faced this problem.

Thanks again,
Hari

[Steve C. Ray]

Yes, it is not the repair console. Select Install, then select Repair. You
can make some changes without a repair installation, but a new hard drive
will require it.

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Steve C. Ray
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"Hari Krishna Dara" > wrote in message
m...
> "Peter" > wrote in message
>...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Try boot from the original XP CD and perform a repair
> > install.
> >
> > NOTE: Repair install, not clean install.
> >
> > Peter
> >
>
> Thanks a lot for your response. I think you don't see this in the
> initial menu right, so do you go into the regular install and select
> repair option somewhere?
>
> Also, is this a known issue or is it because I have to follow some
> upgrade steps? I changed the hardware many times (like adding a cd
> burner, and adding PCI cards or even adding other harddisks etc.), but
> never faced this problem.
>
> Thanks again,
> Hari

[Hari Krishna Dara]

"Steve C. Ray" > wrote in message >...
> Yes, it is not the repair console. Select Install, then select Repair. You
> can make some changes without a repair installation, but a new hard drive
> will require it.

That did the trick, though it kind of reset some of my settings and
took a lot of time (seemed like it copied most of the files anyway),
it worked. Thanks for the help.

Hari