new disk and now ?

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Klaus-D. Bohn

Hello all together,

i have a big problem. Perhaps everybody can help me.

On my old disk 60GB i have 5 partitions:

1. partition Windows 2000 prof.
2. partition Windows XP prof <=== production, here
is the problem!
3. partition Windows 2000 srv
4. partiion fpr programms
5. partition ...

Now, i have change the old disk to a bigger (160GB) disk.

I have copied all Data.

Partition 1 started very well and i can login and work with them.
Partition 3 started very well and i can login and work with them.
Parttion 2 (XP) is still standing with a screen of Windows XP. But not a
login screen is not comming up.

After a long time i found that the file \system32\config\system have
everything to do with my problem.

The new disk is the reason for my problem. That's fact. Why are the Windows
2000 partions working very well and XP not?

Any comments to solve this problem without to install XP new are very
welcome.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Klaus
 
No, it was a normal copy.

I'm wonderung, why are the partition with windows 2000 are running very well
and XP not.

I get a hint to do the command "fdisk/mbr". I will do and try it tomorrow.

I will post the result.

And thank you very much for your hints. I will look for these programms.

Klaus
 
Hello Rich,

today in the morning, i could solve my problem. It was very confused.

With your hint (http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm), i have created
an image backup from my source to my destination disk.

After that, i had to created a WIN98 bootdisk
(http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm). I booted with them and made "fdisk
/mbr".
Whow, it was starting. All other things ( bootcfg /rebuild, fixmbr from the
XP console) didn't help.

Look here:

<The disk signature, a unique number at offset 0x01B8, identifies the disk
to
the operating system. Windows XP Professional uses the disk signature as an
index to store and retrieve disk information, such as drive letters, in the
registry.>

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457122.aspx

It is very crazy to solve a XP problem you will need WIN98. Ok, in this
case, but...

Thank you very much for your help and hints.

Klaus
 
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