XP Backup and restore failure

[Warren Pearce]

The environment is a new HP-763N with Windows XP Pro
installed on top of the original XP Home. XP Service Pack
1 has not been installed.

Having a backup of C: on another hard drive (HD) is a firm
requirement for me. I have saved lots of hours over the
past years when I could totally restore C: from a backup
HD with all my applications in 20 minutes rather than the
lots of hours it took to reinstall all the software and
patches.

I tried the Windows XP Pro Recovery process several times.
I built a backup on one of the backup HD partitions. Then,
I ran the recovery process to recover the backup to the
primary partition of the backup HD. Again, I set the HD up
to be the only, master HD. When I tried to boot, I got an
error saying that \system32\hal.dll was missing. When I
restarted the computer on the original HD, I found that
the file was not missing. Just to be sure, I copied the
file from the original C: to the backup primary partition.
However, this did not fix the problem. I got the same
failure.

I'm wondering if HP has build into the software they
deliver something to prevent movement of their software
and operating system to another computer and this is
preventing the backup processes from working!!!


Thoughts and recommendations to fix the problem

WWP

[mrtee]

Did you use the ASR wizard to create the .bkf?

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Just my 2=A2 worth,
Jeff=20
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"Warren Pearce" > wrote in message =
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| The environment is a new HP-763N with Windows XP Pro=20
| installed on top of the original XP Home. XP Service Pack=20
| 1 has not been installed.=20
|=20
| Having a backup of C: on another hard drive (HD) is a firm=20
| requirement for me. I have saved lots of hours over the=20
| past years when I could totally restore C: from a backup=20
| HD with all my applications in 20 minutes rather than the=20
| lots of hours it took to reinstall all the software and=20
| patches.=20
|=20
| I tried the Windows XP Pro Recovery process several times.=20
| I built a backup on one of the backup HD partitions. Then,=20
| I ran the recovery process to recover the backup to the=20
| primary partition of the backup HD. Again, I set the HD up=20
| to be the only, master HD. When I tried to boot, I got an=20
| error saying that \system32\hal.dll was missing. When I=20
| restarted the computer on the original HD, I found that=20
| the file was not missing. Just to be sure, I copied the=20
| file from the original C: to the backup primary partition.=20
| However, this did not fix the problem. I got the same=20
| failure.
|=20
| I'm wondering if HP has build into the software they=20
| deliver something to prevent movement of their software=20
| and operating system to another computer and this is=20
| preventing the backup processes from working!!!
|=20
|=20
| Thoughts and recommendations to fix the problem
|=20
| WWP