weird problem (memory)

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I was recently moving my harddrive from 4year old PC to another one (with
configuration good enough for today) PC's are totally different, when first
I switched harddrive I couldn't even boot it, but after plying with it, I
succesfuly fixed that (by installing drivers for other controllers, then
with sysprep with unattended configuation - since keyboard and mouse also
didn't work :)

Anyway I belive I broke something doing that, or later.

I noticed that when I start many programs or even one that uses much
resources (i.e. opera browser) after a while I see that this program has
problems with displaying (is also affecting in similar way whole system)
In opera it shows that some GUI elements don't display, or are really big
etc.
Sometimes I'm getting requests from the system, that memory is low,
sometimes they're blank.
When I close those moemory sensitive programs everything usually comes back
and works normal.

The weirdest part:
I have 512MB installed (twice much as in older PC, and I never had such
problems while using even more applications at once), also memory usage
history in windows task manager shows that almost always there is 1/5 of
memory used (even in situations when system has problems)

I noticed that regular user have even more problems (there isn't even
possible to use IE, the effects on IE are simmilar than on opera, but a
little bit different in example, text is shifted, or spacing is so little
between letters that is impossible to read etc)

I know some of you would say that it's probably hardware error, or drivers
but I put hd back to my old pc and I saw same problem (which I didn't even
had before).

Anyone have clue what could it be? And how to fix it?
 
Since this is not first group where I didn't get my answer, at least please
tell me where I could get my answer, or even a guess could be helpful (I
don't even know how to put query on google to find posts with similar
problems)

I was recently moving my harddrive from 4year old PC to another one (with
configuration good enough for today) PC's are totally different, when first
I switched harddrive I couldn't even boot it, but after plying with it, I
succesfuly fixed that (by installing drivers for other controllers, then
with sysprep with unattended configuation - since keyboard and mouse also
didn't work :)
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Anyway I belive I broke something doing that, or later.
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I noticed that when I start many programs or even one that uses much
resources (i.e. opera browser) after a while I see that this program has
problems with displaying (is also affecting in similar way whole system)
In opera it shows that some GUI elements don't display, or are really big
etc.
Sometimes I'm getting requests from the system, that memory is low,
sometimes they're blank.
When I close those moemory sensitive programs everything usually comes back
and works normal.
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The weirdest part:
I have 512MB installed (twice much as in older PC, and I never had such
problems while using even more applications at once), also memory usage
history in windows task manager shows that almost always there is 1/5 of
memory used (even in situations when system has problems)
Click to expand...
I noticed that regular user have even more problems (there isn't even
possible to use IE, the effects on IE are simmilar than on opera, but a
little bit different in example, text is shifted, or spacing is so little
between letters that is impossible to read etc)
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It sounds like the problems are caused by a very confused installation
at this point. Drivers for the video card probably are completely
confused. Save yourself all the grief and just reinstall. Save off/Back
up all your data and then reinstall.
 
Dariusz - do a clean install as BobI recommends below. You unwittingly,
by moving W2k to a new mainboard, caused significant problems in the OS
(W2k unlike many predecessor systems "binds" to the original mainboard &
is very tricky to move.) W2k tried unsuccessfully to adjust itself to
the new board, and in so doing made itself effectively inoperable on the
original board as well. You will save yourself a great deal of time and
frustration if you simply do a fresh install of W2k. Trying to correct
the corruption in the existing W2k will be like trying to reconstruct an
exploded hand grenade. You are one of a great many people who have come
here with this particular problem, if that's any consolation, and the
advice is uniformly the same. For more complete info, scan the newsgroup
for posts by Bruch Chambers with "new motherboard" or similar subjects.
 
It sounds like the problems are caused by a very confused installation
at this point. Drivers for the video card probably are completely
confused. Save yourself all the grief and just reinstall. Save off/Back
up all your data and then reinstall.
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Don't you think that when I backup and restore configuration everything
will be exactly the same (same registry values, same drivers etc?)

I also don't really have medium to store all my data :/ (well, it's a home
computer, so backup isn't a top priority :)

Until now I problem I had with windows I was able to solve without
reinstallation.
 
The operating system is not Data. And it is obvious that you know
better. I gave you my read on what the problem is and my recomendation.
You may do with it as you see fit.
 
The operating system is not Data. And it is obvious that you know
better. I gave you my read on what the problem is and my recomendation.
You may do with it as you see fit.
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What I wanted, was a confirmation that ghost (that's I'm pretty sure is not
appropriate) or system backup program with checked to backup "system state"
is not good idea for this situation.

My concern is that some programs store configuration in registry, or in
directories that are in "program files" directory, which I don't know if I
should backup since it would create a mess (I would have directiories and
files for programs which I wouldn't have installed.)
 
Since this is not first group where I didn't get my answer, at least please
tell me where I could get my answer, or even a guess could be helpful (I
don't even know how to put query on google to find posts with similar
problems)
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You have no idea what you have done, and you expect someone, somehow
to mystically solve your problem.

I'd guess that the HAL on the old machine is incompatible with the
hardware on the new machine. You have run utilities intended for other
purposes (sysprep), and installed drivers, seemingly at random!

I'd say that you were extremely lucky to get *anything* to work at
all. The chances of you recovering it further - well, you'd probably
have more chance of winning the lotto.

Backup your *data*. Reinstall everything from scratch and restore your
*data*. Data, you know, is those pics of your mum, and the dog, and
the sunset that you thought was so brilliant. And those letters to
your lawyer, your CV. That sort of stuff. Data is NOT MS Word, your AV
product (do you have one?), or the software for your webcam, or the
myriad of free software packages you have. Those are applications.

Cheers,

Cliff
 
You have no idea what you have done, and you expect someone, somehow
to mystically solve your problem.
I'd guess that the HAL on the old machine is incompatible with the
hardware on the new machine. You have run utilities intended for other
purposes (sysprep), and installed drivers, seemingly at random!
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Yes, hardware is different, but why this is such a big deal, I won't have
problems like that with unix system (just a matter of changing something in
configuration files)

I used sysprep, because I didn't have any other choice, mouse and keyboard
didn't work, so I couldn't do anything to install drivers.
What do you mean by installing drivers in random? Should drivers be
installed in some order? I installed them in order as it asked me to do.
I'd say that you were extremely lucky to get *anything* to work at
all. The chances of you recovering it further - well, you'd probably
have more chance of winning the lotto.
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I'm pretty sure I could do that again and again. I don't think it is a luck
:P I still would prefer advice how to "reconstruct an exploded hand
grenade" as Dan called it. Until now I never had need to reinstall my
windows, all problems I was able to fix by myself. I asked question here
because I hoped I can do it again.
Backup your *data*. Reinstall everything from scratch and restore your
*data*. Data, you know, is those pics of your mum, and the dog, and
the sunset that you thought was so brilliant. And those letters to
your lawyer, your CV. That sort of stuff. Data is NOT MS Word, your AV
product (do you have one?), or the software for your webcam, or the
myriad of free software packages you have. Those are applications.
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I don't really care about my data that much, all important files I'm
syncing with my FreeBSD server using rsync. I'm more interested in backup
of my programs configuration, since adjusting my favourite programs to my
needs will take some time :/
 
Yes, hardware is different, but why this is such a big deal, I won't have
problems like that with unix system (just a matter of changing something in
configuration files)
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No, that is not true.

Cheers,

Cliff
 
No, that is not true.
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why? (well, I didn't say about trivers or kernel modules, but default
kernel is configured so it usually works on most machines)
 
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