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1. XP may see the SATA drive fine as an add-on, but the procedure to install XP
on the drive is very specific. 2. Check the drive jumpers AND the cable. The system probably has cable-select type cables, for which the drives are jumpered the same. 3. There is no substantial technical difference between an OEM version of Windows XP and a retail version, assuming they are at the same service pack level. The only real difference is the algorithm used to validate the Certificate of Authentication code. I have cloned hard drives numerous times with OEM Windows installed. If the original hard drive is free of physical defects (and sometimes even if not!) and the drive cloning procedure works correctly, the cloned drive shoudl boot right up when jumpered the same as the drive it replaces. Of course, the foregoing statement is true if and only if the drives are the same type, e.g. IDE/ATAPI... Ben Myers On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:15:57 -0500, MaadDog wrote: Actually, I believe XP sees the SATA drive just fine. I did the initial format in XP and was able to see it in My Computer. Would there be any reason that I would get a drive configuration error upon boot if I used the 120GB IDE drive instead? I did try the IDE drive and did get the same error. I set the jumper to CS, no go, then Master, no go. I must be doing something wrong. One of the problems is the fact that Compaq does not include any disks at all. I was also wondering if it could be that the Windows XP is the OEM version and won't allow itself to be duplicated. I did create a DVD recovery disk set. But I believe that will only get me to factory installed stuff and not all my other stuff. I really would like to avoid a complete re-install of everything. That is why I picked up Ghost. But at this point, the only thing it seems I am allowed to do or use is the factory installed disk. SNIP the old stuff |
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Ben, I finally figured out what I was doing wrong. The PC came shipped
with the HD in 2 partitions. The 2nd partition being the Recovery partition. Once you make the the recovery disks the instructions say you can delete the recovery partition. I did that and then tried Norton Ghost again on the SATA drive. The drive booted and got past the initial Windows XP screen. It was here that things just stopped. Didn't freeze, just stopped. I said OK, must be the SATA drive. Tried a 120 GB IDE drive. The exact same thing. Then I said maybe it is Ghost. So, someone else in another posting I had made said to give Acronis True image a try. Got that and BINGO! It works. The SATA drive boots and runs fine. I then used True Image to create a backup image on one of my extra IDE drives. Thanks for all your help!!! Kevin In article , Ben Myers @ wrote: 1. XP may see the SATA drive fine as an add-on, but the procedure to install XP on the drive is very specific. 2. Check the drive jumpers AND the cable. The system probably has cable-select type cables, for which the drives are jumpered the same. 3. There is no substantial technical difference between an OEM version of Windows XP and a retail version, assuming they are at the same service pack level. The only real difference is the algorithm used to validate the Certificate of Authentication code. I have cloned hard drives numerous times with OEM Windows installed. If the original hard drive is free of physical defects (and sometimes even if not!) and the drive cloning procedure works correctly, the cloned drive shoudl boot right up when jumpered the same as the drive it replaces. Of course, the foregoing statement is true if and only if the drives are the same type, e.g. IDE/ATAPI... Ben Myers On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:15:57 -0500, MaadDog wrote: Actually, I believe XP sees the SATA drive just fine. I did the initial format in XP and was able to see it in My Computer. Would there be any reason that I would get a drive configuration error upon boot if I used the 120GB IDE drive instead? I did try the IDE drive and did get the same error. I set the jumper to CS, no go, then Master, no go. I must be doing something wrong. One of the problems is the fact that Compaq does not include any disks at all. I was also wondering if it could be that the Windows XP is the OEM version and won't allow itself to be duplicated. I did create a DVD recovery disk set. But I believe that will only get me to factory installed stuff and not all my other stuff. I really would like to avoid a complete re-install of everything. That is why I picked up Ghost. But at this point, the only thing it seems I am allowed to do or use is the factory installed disk. SNIP the old stuff |
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Do NOT buy anything from Acronis.
Do NOT install any of their trial software! |
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Why? What is wrong with Acronis?
In article .com, wrote: Do NOT buy anything from Acronis. Do NOT install any of their trial software! |
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