Ghosting WinXP onto another harddrive

[diezy]

hey there,

i made an image of a partition from my computer. so i could put that image on another computer using norton ghost. The image was put on fine by norton, however once i restarted the computer windows wouldn't load. i get a "boot failure from previous device" and then saying that the boot file could not be found
i tried switching the boot squences in my bios. and i tried replacing the boot.ini in the C: drive partition....and still got the same error.

i don't know if this helps, but the computer i created the image from is different from the computer i installed the image on. im not sure if the computers have to be the same to install the image correctly.

any suggestion?

 

[paparazi]

Well there you go then!
This OS installation was configured on a completely differant setup, components and their drivers have changed, it is entirely understandable therefore why the new setup won't boot.
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[wolluf]

If you do get it to work (a repair reinstall would probably do it - but that takes as long as an install - though you do get to keep all the data, apps & settings), XP can only be loaded on one machine - so you'll not be able to activate it on the second machine (unless you buy a second licence of course).

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

 

[diezy]

thanks for the help,

i got it work.

 

[wolluf]

Care to share how - for other users viewing this thread in the future?