Copy ALL to new hard disk

I bought a larger hard drive and copied ALL the data, programs, operating system, settings, etc to the new drive.

I moved the larger drive up to the primary drive and tried to boot from it.

I have tried it and it does not transfer the virtual memory file, and therefore the drive fails to boot.

I have tried Norton Ghost, Windows explorer, and Casper. Nothing works.

Any ideas.

Thanks

 

That's not the reason it won't boot. The OS is now very confused since it has information telling it about your hardware and what it finds doesn't match what it expects.

Boot to your XP CD and do a repair install and things should work fine for you.

 

Strange, I thought I posted to this thread about an hour ago?
Anyway kbstinky, I also said what Newt is saying, that the virtual memory in not usually a problem in XP when copied to another hard drive. Win2000 is a different matter though. What is the exact error message you are getting and when during boot does it appear.

I copy and clone XP from drive to drive all the time Newt and while there are some things to consider, a repair install is not necessary.

 

If I remember correctly it is telling me that the file is corrupt.

 

At what point in the boot process? Are you nearly getting to the desktop/login before it appears? XP does not try to mount the pagefile until this point in the boot, so if you are getting the message earlier it will tell me something.

Connect the new drive up as slave and find and delete the file pagefile.sys and Windows will create a new one on bootup. You’ll find it in the root of the OS and it’s a hidden file so you will have to show all files in the OS you are booted into before you will see it.

 

did the drive come w/ an image utility? and, if so, did u use it as directed? ditto for ghost or any other imager.

i'd also ask what size = the new drive and is it directly supported by bios? or did u have to 'initilize' it w/ software from the drive maker?

if the drive is supported directly by bios, u shouldn't init it w/ the software.

 

New hard drive

I have a somewhat similer situation in that I have a hard drive that has become intermittent and must be replaced, I am told by mfgr of PC.

I have my WAB saved to disk, I have my favorites folder saved to disk. Is there a way to save to disk all my Outlook Express Inbox messages; all my downloaded program files, my History folder?

Would be a godsend not to have to manually reload all this stuff. The hard drive is a MAXOR 6E040L0 40Gig. Is there, perhaps, a way to make a data transfer prior to making the change of hardware? The HD has only a power cable and data cable connection.

Any thoughts? Thanks

 

assuming windows xp, there's always the files & settings transfer wizard which should save everything pretty much. it's in the system tools

if the bad drive is a maxtor - i'd highly recommend that u get the maxtor diags/utils software from their site and run it against the disk. noting that low level format has saved one for me in the past, i'll also add that 4 maxtor drives has croaked on my in the past 2 years ... but they're SOOOOoooo cheap

 

RickyD2--Another possibility
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_november12.mspx

 

Thanks all, I did the Maxtor diag/util bit and it finds nio problerms. I have discovered, however, that I apparently have either a bad power cable or bad data cable one of which is causing the drive to fail. I can un-plug and re-plug them and everything is back to normal.

Now all I gotta do is find a source for the cables.

Again, my thanks.