John
December 9th 03, 02:32 PM
I had similar problem.
Before coping the old HDD disable system restore. Then
use the western digital install disk to copy the the old
disk onto the new disk. Once your new HDD is working do
not forget to enable system restore. XP and system
restore have a problem with two system disked so do not
enable system restore if you install both disks until the
old system disk is reformatted. Don't do that until your
sure the new system disk is working.
>-----Original Message-----
>I recently posted a message because I have a problem
migrating Windows XP
>from one disk to another. I received various replies but
apparently I wasn't
>clear enough so I will give a little more information
this time.
>
>The problem: I have a Pentium 4 1,8Ghz with Windows XP
Pro SP1a and all
>patches applied in a 40GB 5400 Rpm IDE HDD. Recently I
bought a 40GB 7200
>Rpm IDE HDD and I wanted to replace the 5400rpm disk
with the new 7200rpm.
>The two drives are Western Digital.
>
>What did I do?: I have PowerQuest Drive Image 2002 so I
did a bootable disk
>and copy to it the DOS version of the program. Drive
Image has an option
>that says "Copy Drives" that exactly copies one drive to
another (it copies
>everything, even the boot sector). I had used this
option before with a
>Windows 98 SE and worked perfectly so I didn't see why
it wouldn't work with
>XP but....
>
>When the copy process finished, I removed the 5400rpm
drive (it was not
>useful anymore), I jumper the 7200rpm drive as the
5400rpm so everything was
>the same then I turn up my computer and.
>
>What was the problem?: the Bios OK, it detected the
drive as before, still
>no problems. Them Windows XP started to boot, everything
seems to be right
>(no blue screens appears) them the screen flashed as
always and the Welcome
>Logo appears with the mouse pointer, the HDD led was
working and then.
>nothing, the led was off, the Welcome Logo was still
there and won't go away
>and the estrange thing was that the mouse was working
properly (so I think
>the computer didn't hung up).
>
>OK I said, "I restart in "Safe Mode" and see what the
problem is". I
>restarted, pressed F8 while initiating, I selected Safe
Mode, Windows was
>starting up normally as before. Them the Desktop
appeared saying Safe Mode
>in the corners as always and suddenly the Welcome Logo
appeared!!! And it
>will never go!
>
>Them I formatted the drive connected the old drive and
made an Image of it
>(with Drive Image again) I restored to the new drive but
it happened the
>same as with "Drive Copy"
>
>I thought that may be the old drive was damaged during
the copy, but if I
>set it to boot up Windows starts perfectly (now I'm
writing from the old
>disk) My Windows Xp doesn't like to be cloned!!!
>
>From that point onwards I tried almost every alternative
I had except
>reinstalling Windows.
>
>Does someone know why this happen??? And how can I fix
it???
>
>Thanks very much.
>
> Gabriel
>
>
>.
>
Before coping the old HDD disable system restore. Then
use the western digital install disk to copy the the old
disk onto the new disk. Once your new HDD is working do
not forget to enable system restore. XP and system
restore have a problem with two system disked so do not
enable system restore if you install both disks until the
old system disk is reformatted. Don't do that until your
sure the new system disk is working.
>-----Original Message-----
>I recently posted a message because I have a problem
migrating Windows XP
>from one disk to another. I received various replies but
apparently I wasn't
>clear enough so I will give a little more information
this time.
>
>The problem: I have a Pentium 4 1,8Ghz with Windows XP
Pro SP1a and all
>patches applied in a 40GB 5400 Rpm IDE HDD. Recently I
bought a 40GB 7200
>Rpm IDE HDD and I wanted to replace the 5400rpm disk
with the new 7200rpm.
>The two drives are Western Digital.
>
>What did I do?: I have PowerQuest Drive Image 2002 so I
did a bootable disk
>and copy to it the DOS version of the program. Drive
Image has an option
>that says "Copy Drives" that exactly copies one drive to
another (it copies
>everything, even the boot sector). I had used this
option before with a
>Windows 98 SE and worked perfectly so I didn't see why
it wouldn't work with
>XP but....
>
>When the copy process finished, I removed the 5400rpm
drive (it was not
>useful anymore), I jumper the 7200rpm drive as the
5400rpm so everything was
>the same then I turn up my computer and.
>
>What was the problem?: the Bios OK, it detected the
drive as before, still
>no problems. Them Windows XP started to boot, everything
seems to be right
>(no blue screens appears) them the screen flashed as
always and the Welcome
>Logo appears with the mouse pointer, the HDD led was
working and then.
>nothing, the led was off, the Welcome Logo was still
there and won't go away
>and the estrange thing was that the mouse was working
properly (so I think
>the computer didn't hung up).
>
>OK I said, "I restart in "Safe Mode" and see what the
problem is". I
>restarted, pressed F8 while initiating, I selected Safe
Mode, Windows was
>starting up normally as before. Them the Desktop
appeared saying Safe Mode
>in the corners as always and suddenly the Welcome Logo
appeared!!! And it
>will never go!
>
>Them I formatted the drive connected the old drive and
made an Image of it
>(with Drive Image again) I restored to the new drive but
it happened the
>same as with "Drive Copy"
>
>I thought that may be the old drive was damaged during
the copy, but if I
>set it to boot up Windows starts perfectly (now I'm
writing from the old
>disk) My Windows Xp doesn't like to be cloned!!!
>
>From that point onwards I tried almost every alternative
I had except
>reinstalling Windows.
>
>Does someone know why this happen??? And how can I fix
it???
>
>Thanks very much.
>
> Gabriel
>
>
>.
>