Hard drive trouble

[Dave]

I copied the entire old hard drive onto the new one. This
included Windows XP. It does start to load but stops
before the login screen. It's a Western Digital hard
drive and a HP computer.
Dave
>-----Original Message-----
>Dave,
> Is Windows xp installed on the new harddrive and if
>so more info like motherboard, hard drive types would be
>an asset to helping you.
> Dave
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>A few months ago I added a larger hard drive. At the
>time
>>I copied the contents of the original drive to the new
>>one. Last night the old drive died. I removed it from
>>the machine and switched the new drive to master. Now
>>when I start the computer Windows Xp stops loading when
>I
>>have the blue screen with the Windows XP logo. It just
>>sits there on this screen. Any ideas on how I can get
>>Windows XP to load using the new drive.
>>.
>>
>.
>

[D.Currie]

The copy might not have gone well. Sometimes it just doesn't work. You could
try doing a repair install of windows.

"Dave" > wrote in message
...
> I copied the entire old hard drive onto the new one. This
> included Windows XP. It does start to load but stops
> before the login screen. It's a Western Digital hard
> drive and a HP computer.
> Dave
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Dave,
> > Is Windows xp installed on the new harddrive and if
> >so more info like motherboard, hard drive types would be
> >an asset to helping you.
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>A few months ago I added a larger hard drive. At the
> >time
> >>I copied the contents of the original drive to the new
> >>one. Last night the old drive died. I removed it from
> >>the machine and switched the new drive to master. Now
> >>when I start the computer Windows Xp stops loading when
> >I
> >>have the blue screen with the Windows XP logo. It just
> >>sits there on this screen. Any ideas on how I can get
> >>Windows XP to load using the new drive.
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >

[mrtee]

Dave, the Master Boot Record is on the old drive that died. Just =
switching the jumper makes the new drive bootable but it has no record =
of what to boot. You'll need to open the Command Console and do some =
reading. Is this an OEM installation of XP or a purchased upgrade XP =
CD?

--=20
Just my =A2 worth
Jeff
__________in response to__________
"D.Currie" > wrote in message =
...
| The copy might not have gone well. Sometimes it just doesn't work. You =
could
| try doing a repair install of windows.
|=20



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