Andrew E.
April 24th 03, 04:09 AM
You cant transfer xp disc to disc,the security settings
wont allow it,at least for reg. users.To operate a new
disc,if it shows up in my computer,(running as slave)
its formatted,if not it needs to be.Install windows xp
cd,shut down computer,start,the options to format,or
install xp appear.First however,set new hd to master,
disconnect old,after xp is up and running,format the old
hd,you cant run two versions of xp,even on seperate hds.
A computer repair can transfer the data for you.Where
you went wrong,as microsoft says,a new motherboard
shouldnt use an old disc from other motherboards,even
two exact machines shouldnt switch hds.
>-----Original Message-----
>My System Hard Drive has started a bearing singing and
>thought I'd replace it before it went kaput.
>
>I'm replacing a WD 13Gig with a Maxtor 81Gig running
>Windows XP Home.
>
>Maxtor's MAXBLAST3 software appeared to transfer properly
>but Word required a repair but blew-up. Install/Remove
>functions of the control panel also failed. Maxstor
>support suggested using Norton Ghost as their software
>was having problems with WIN XP.
>
>Loaded Norton SystemWorks 2003 but their Ghost program
>fails repeatedly. Norton Support keeps telling me to run
>Ghost with different options and to run CHKDSK. Numerous
>runs have resulted in failure.
>
>Back to Maxtor, they suggested running POWERMAX 3.04 to
>verify the new disk is functioning properly. This
>required that I load a new driver since my motherboard is
>also new. With the new driver, POWERMAX certified the HD
>was functioning properly.
>
>Both Maxtor and Symantec are scratching their heads now.
>
>Is it possibly a driver issue? I'm running an MSI K7N2G-
>ILSR Motherboard with nvidea chips and an AMD Athlon XP
>2500+ (Barton). The system runs FSB of 333 and DDR400 RAM.
>
>Any help out there?
>
>What is Microsoft's recommended method for upgrading a
>system drive?
>
>Jim
>
>
>.
>
wont allow it,at least for reg. users.To operate a new
disc,if it shows up in my computer,(running as slave)
its formatted,if not it needs to be.Install windows xp
cd,shut down computer,start,the options to format,or
install xp appear.First however,set new hd to master,
disconnect old,after xp is up and running,format the old
hd,you cant run two versions of xp,even on seperate hds.
A computer repair can transfer the data for you.Where
you went wrong,as microsoft says,a new motherboard
shouldnt use an old disc from other motherboards,even
two exact machines shouldnt switch hds.
>-----Original Message-----
>My System Hard Drive has started a bearing singing and
>thought I'd replace it before it went kaput.
>
>I'm replacing a WD 13Gig with a Maxtor 81Gig running
>Windows XP Home.
>
>Maxtor's MAXBLAST3 software appeared to transfer properly
>but Word required a repair but blew-up. Install/Remove
>functions of the control panel also failed. Maxstor
>support suggested using Norton Ghost as their software
>was having problems with WIN XP.
>
>Loaded Norton SystemWorks 2003 but their Ghost program
>fails repeatedly. Norton Support keeps telling me to run
>Ghost with different options and to run CHKDSK. Numerous
>runs have resulted in failure.
>
>Back to Maxtor, they suggested running POWERMAX 3.04 to
>verify the new disk is functioning properly. This
>required that I load a new driver since my motherboard is
>also new. With the new driver, POWERMAX certified the HD
>was functioning properly.
>
>Both Maxtor and Symantec are scratching their heads now.
>
>Is it possibly a driver issue? I'm running an MSI K7N2G-
>ILSR Motherboard with nvidea chips and an AMD Athlon XP
>2500+ (Barton). The system runs FSB of 333 and DDR400 RAM.
>
>Any help out there?
>
>What is Microsoft's recommended method for upgrading a
>system drive?
>
>Jim
>
>
>.
>