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Unable to get logon prompt after starting Windows.
Using Norton Ghost 10.0 I am attempting to swap out a 40GB drive with an 80GB Drive. Copying from the source drive (40GB) to the destination drive (80GB) goes well. The pertinant choices I made were: Resize drive to fill unallocated space; Set drive active; Destination drive - Primary; and Copy MBR.
When the 40GB drive is replaced with the 80GB drive and the computer is started I received the message, "Windows Could Not Start Because of a Computer Disk Hardward Configuration Problem." Using information from Symantec (hard to come by) , KB#312149 and KB#314477from Microsoft, and starting Windows from the XP installtaion CD in the recovery mode I was able to get Windows to start.
However, even though Windows appears to start there is not a Logon from which to proceed. Alt-Ctl-Del does not briing up a prompt. How can I proceed from this point?
Additonally, I am quite disappointed with Ghost, having hoped that it would work as advertised and clone a hard disk with little effort. Is there any suggestions other than switching to another product?
When the 40GB drive is replaced with the 80GB drive and the computer is started I received the message, "Windows Could Not Start Because of a Computer Disk Hardward Configuration Problem." Using information from Symantec (hard to come by) , KB#312149 and KB#314477from Microsoft, and starting Windows from the XP installtaion CD in the recovery mode I was able to get Windows to start.
However, even though Windows appears to start there is not a Logon from which to proceed. Alt-Ctl-Del does not briing up a prompt. How can I proceed from this point?
Additonally, I am quite disappointed with Ghost, having hoped that it would work as advertised and clone a hard disk with little effort. Is there any suggestions other than switching to another product?
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and235100: Using the suggested article I picked out that I should disable the Fast User Switching and Use the Welcome Screen. I booted the computer and was able to get a logon screen. However, immediately the comuputer logged off and went back to the logon screen.
Using the article again I started from the CD to the Recovery Consle, changed the prompt to C:\windows\system32, and copied userinit.exe to wsaupdater.exe. The next step was to boot in Safe Mode and then alter the registry. I did boot in Safe Mode, but when logging in received the same behavior as described in the first paragraph. I tried booting with my user name as well as administrator with no difference.
It appears that I am making headway. How can I get to the point of editing the Registry, which, according to the article will complete the fix.
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fmarshall:
1. both drive are in the same computer. I am attempting to upgrade the hard drive to a larger one.
2. I have not attempted to create a disk image and then recover to the new hard drive. My suspicion, unless someone else had tried it after going through the same efforts I have, is the the booting will still be a problem.
3. Before I got to the point where I posted my quesion I user "fixmbr." That command was able to progress me from the original impass as mentioned in the question. The information from Symantec and Microsoft addionally prompted me run "bootcft /rebuild"
4. As I understand your suggestion you created an image on an entirely separate computer, not just a separate drive, such as a USB external drive. Then you recovered the image to the new hard drive located on the original computer, that is the computer from which Ghost was run.
Using the article again I started from the CD to the Recovery Consle, changed the prompt to C:\windows\system32, and copied userinit.exe to wsaupdater.exe. The next step was to boot in Safe Mode and then alter the registry. I did boot in Safe Mode, but when logging in received the same behavior as described in the first paragraph. I tried booting with my user name as well as administrator with no difference.
It appears that I am making headway. How can I get to the point of editing the Registry, which, according to the article will complete the fix.
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fmarshall:
1. both drive are in the same computer. I am attempting to upgrade the hard drive to a larger one.
2. I have not attempted to create a disk image and then recover to the new hard drive. My suspicion, unless someone else had tried it after going through the same efforts I have, is the the booting will still be a problem.
3. Before I got to the point where I posted my quesion I user "fixmbr." That command was able to progress me from the original impass as mentioned in the question. The information from Symantec and Microsoft addionally prompted me run "bootcft /rebuild"
4. As I understand your suggestion you created an image on an entirely separate computer, not just a separate drive, such as a USB external drive. Then you recovered the image to the new hard drive located on the original computer, that is the computer from which Ghost was run.
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Shutdown the PC and reseat the RAM memory, also remove any extra PCI devices.
Start pc, after bios screen press and hold f8
select "last good configuration"
if that doesn't work, try rebooting again, but this time press f8 and select safe mode, view event viewer to see the problem.
Start pc, after bios screen press and hold f8
select "last good configuration"
if that doesn't work, try rebooting again, but this time press f8 and select safe mode, view event viewer to see the problem.
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fmarshall: I used your suggestion and created a recovery point on a drive on a networked computer. I then recovered onto the new hard drive. The results were the same. That is, I received the same message upon starting the computer from the new hard drive: "Windows Could Not Start Because...."
All others: Please hold off with any more suggetions. I will work on some of the other answers next weekend or when I can take a day off to focus totaly on this project.
Nevertheless, if you have a surefired solution, that is, you have experienced the very same bahavior that I have and know for sure, really for sure, your solution will work, post your answer anyway
All others: Please hold off with any more suggetions. I will work on some of the other answers next weekend or when I can take a day off to focus totaly on this project.
Nevertheless, if you have a surefired solution, that is, you have experienced the very same bahavior that I have and know for sure, really for sure, your solution will work, post your answer anyway
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I have decided to abandon this effort after many, many hours of trying. I must cut my losses and move on. If I cannot use Norton Ghost to backup my computer to a recovery point on a networked computer and then easily recover it, what good is the software in case I have a disk failure and have to restore in desperation to the new hard drive? This is, in effect, what I am attempting to do now anyway.
Does anyone have a recommendation for an alternative backup/recovery package? That is, have you actually used the product to recovery from a crashed disk to a new disk?
Does anyone have a recommendation for an alternative backup/recovery package? That is, have you actually used the product to recovery from a crashed disk to a new disk?
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I have abondoned this project. I formated the new hard drive and installed the operating system afresh. I am in the process of installing each application anew and bringing over from the old hard drive, which is now slaved, the files that I need. This is a better process as it turns out, for I now am creating a new system without all the accumutlated clutter of the old.
Expert4XP: I did not try Acronis True Inage 10. Thanks anyway for the tip.
Thanks to everyone for all the help offered. I would that there was an answer that I could choose as as the solution.
Expert4XP: I did not try Acronis True Inage 10. Thanks anyway for the tip.
Thanks to everyone for all the help offered. I would that there was an answer that I could choose as as the solution.
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