XP Copy Problem | Tech Off

TomasDeml
Run Chiro, Run!

Hi.
I just bought a larger hard drive and I wanted to move my existing WinXP installation to it. So I installed the new drive as the Secondary Master and booted to my XPs. Then I used Partition Magic to copy the system partition on the new disk. After that, I installed the new one as the Primary Master and removed the original one.

But now, when the mirrored XPs boot, they just freeze during the logon. The weird part is that when I plug the original drive as the Secondary Master, the boot is ok, except a few crashing svhost processes.

I read somewhere that you have to remove all the disk controllers from the Device manager prior to the copy (?).

Has anybody experienced this problem? I just don't want to reinstall XP and download all the updates Sad

Thanks A LOT.

Stephen

Is the new drive's primary partition set to 'active' ?

SlackmasterK
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Sounds like it's trying to load parts of Windows directly from a piece of hardware that doesn't exist anymore. This may be why you saw those suggestions.

Honestly, I couldn't say; when I move Windows to a new drive, I reinstall it.

TomasDeml
Run Chiro, Run!

Yes, it's active.

Anyway, I'm gonna be safe and reinstall the whole beast Smiley

TomasDeml
Run Chiro, Run!

Reinstalled, downloading updates now...
Actually, it's not that bad Smiley

PerfectPhase
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TomasDeml wrote:
Then I used Partition Magic to copy the system partition on the new disk.

Stupid question, but partition magic doesn't do drive copies?

TomasDeml
Run Chiro, Run!

PerfectPhase wrote:

TomasDeml wrote: Then I used Partition Magic to copy the system partition on the new disk.

Stupid question, but partition magic doesn't do drive copies?