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Thanks. Like a lot of things about Windows, it's just as you say: anyone's guess.

 

Okay, another question:

In trying to format and set up XP on a new 80 GB hard disk (to match my old 80 GB disk) using PC Backup's boot disk, it gives me a partition screen. I divided the disk into four partitions to match those of my old disk, which I have a backup of. It recognized my external USB drive (formerly called the I drive). Anyway, it then formatted one partition, and then booted back to XP setup with the other partitions left unformatted -- and with all the drive letters mixed up -- i.e., instead of C,D,E and F (as in my old drive), they're now F,G,H and I.

Worst of all, when it boots to the PC Backup restore screen, it doesn't recognize the USB drive and just gives me the four local hard disks (only one of them formatted with bare-bones XP on it). Those local hard disks, by the way, are now called C (where XP is), and then F,G and I.

Any idea what's going on? Should I delete all those partitions and just create one 80 GB drive partition?

And why wouldn't the restore screen give me the option of finding my backup file set on the USB drive when the XP setup portion of that PC Backup disk did recognize it?

Thanks.

 

For get the previous post. I just got a call back from the jerks at PC Backup who revealed that, no, a disaster recovery is not possible in my case (thanks a lot, boys).

However, once I do a fresh install of windows, they say, I can restore my programs from the backup set. When I asked, "Don't I need to restore the registry onto my new disk as well in order to restore programs -- rather than just the program directories and files?" the guy said, "Uh, I don't know. "

Do you know, Pete?

And a related question: If I have to reinstall Quicken, which is currently set up on my old disk to do online bill pay (passwords and bank chosen and payee accounts created, etc), can I just copy all the old configuration and other files from my backup set to recreate those payee accounts, etc.? Or do I have to reconfigure it all over again?

And if I also have to reinstall Word and Outlook, can I do the same thing and just copy all the configuration files from the backup set into the appropriate directories on the new disk? In particular with Outlook, can I just copy my .pst file and have Outlook have all the email and contacts I now have. Or do I have to use some sort of import/export function?

Btw, will the Windows XP install disk give me the chance to wipe the partial install I just put on the new hard drive and format and repartition the disk? Will I be able to create C,D, E & F partitions?

Thanks. I'm so sorry to keep asking you for help. Really I am.

 

Gracias! I'll pick it up tomorrow morning -- I've been dealing with this now since 3 AM, and I am fried.

Just so you know, I ran chkdsk /p and chkdsk /r again on the old disk using the XP install disk rather than via the command menu in Windows. It found more errors, corrected them, says the disk is now fine, and yet everytime I reboot it automatically starts checking the disk again saying there are still errors.

Is there any point to using the repair option in the Windows install disk to replace and/or repair missing system files, etc? Or are we dealing with physical problems on the disk that just cannot be repaired via XP?

 

Oh yeah, thanks for the reminder. First I'll diagnose the drive, and unless that tells me to chuck it, then I'll do an XP repair.

Btw, do you happen to know the answer to my Outlook question -- i.e., can I just copy my current .pst file to the appropriate directory on my new drive and have Outlook run with all my emails and contacts -- or should I post it to the Outlook section of BBS here?