Possibly the original install included file associations set to programs or software that had been 'installed', or placed on the second partition on the first drive.
You can probably check this by telling XP to use the second partition as whatever partition letter it had in the original setup If replacing a drive with a bigger one, it is usually better to clone the entire drive, switch the bigger drive for the old one, removing the old on from the system until you prove the system works with the new drive, Then consider using the old drive as a backup, or squash the data down as much as possible and just use any space available And eventually, progressively wipe stuff you are certain is no longer required because it's being used successfully on the new drive Belt, braces, a tight waistband and a spare bit of rope, safety pins - and keep one hand free and a chair nearby JimB. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Decker, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 7:38 PM Subject: Problems after installing new HDD > I have a computer with Windows XP SP2 and a single physical hard drive split > into two partitions. I recently bought a new, bigger hard drive (a Seagate) > and used Seagate's DiskWizard program to move my C: drive from the old HDD > to the new one. Now, with the new HDD as the C: drive, Windows starts up > fine, but I have noticed two problems. First, many of the icons are wrong. > They are the generic icons instead of the icons that go with their > particular program. For shortcuts, the "Change icon..." button is often > grayed out. Second, MS Outlook 2003, which is set up to access my POP3 > e-mail account, doesn't pull the messages off the server. Well, it deletes > the messages from the server, but they never show up in my inbox. > > Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: > CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. > > -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
