"Robert Thornton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:- >I am upgrading my hard drive on my Windows XP computer. I use Norton Ghost >to do it. It copy the hard drive just fine but the new hard drive will not >finish loading windows. >
Robert, just a suggestion as to what may have caused this (I have no great personal knowledge of using Windows XP, so the ideas are second hand from what I have read about others having problems). One common cause of this problem I understand is failing to disconnect the original drive after cloning, then restarting the computer with both drives still connected. In this situation I believe the original drive will boot, recognise the cloned drive, and allocate a drive letter to each partition on it. In the process it writes data into track zero on the cloned drive which prevents the cloned drive from subsequently booting when it is connected on its own. If in fact this is what you did (ie restart the computer with both drives still connected) it is possibly the cause of your problem. I understand the cure is to return the cloned drive to its original state then repeat the cloning process. After doing the cloning shut down the computer, disconnect the original drive, and connect the cloned drive in its place. If the cloning has been done properly it should boot. To return the drive to its original condition it is not sufficient to format the drive, as the problem data is on track zero where the partition information is stored. There are various utilities available for overwriting this data. Perhaps you can download something suitable from the web site of the manufacturer of your new drive. Typically these utilities will write zeros in place of all the existing data. If your problem is caused by something else, could I suggest that you search the Help functions in your source of Norton Ghost. Apart from clicking "Help" when you're using Ghost, there may be other documentation if your software is on a CD. Try searching the CD for .pdf files or .txt files or .html files containing information about use of the software. Cheers, John Selby. __________________ John Selby [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________ ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
