hksoftware
Technical User
XP Pro System, upgrading from 40GB to 160GB.
I used Norton Ghost to clone my 40GB HDD to my new 160.
When I boot from the new drive however, it boots up and reaches a point just before XP Logon, where there's a blue windows screen with a small Windows logo. It's like the login screen without the login buttons.
It stops there. Stops loading and freezes.
I tried booting from my XP Pro CD and trying to repair the installation. It reaches about 60% of installing files and prompts me to locate 'viagp1.sys'. The mouse and keyboard completely lockup though and all I can do is restart.
I've tried removing my AGP GeForce graphics card and trying again with the integrated graphics but it still prompts for the file and freezes.
I have 3 options available to me. Install windows from scratch on the new HDD and copy stuff across from the old one, reinstalling all my apps manually. Don't want to do this!
I can also try and get the windows repair to complete without asking for the .sys file and locking up. I'd like to try this.
So, what can be done? Could I perhaps uninstall the hardware that uses the .sys driver on my small HDD, then clone it and attempt the repair again?
Could something else be done to get it to boot successfully without needing a repair?
Thanks for any help!
I used Norton Ghost to clone my 40GB HDD to my new 160.
When I boot from the new drive however, it boots up and reaches a point just before XP Logon, where there's a blue windows screen with a small Windows logo. It's like the login screen without the login buttons.
It stops there. Stops loading and freezes.
I tried booting from my XP Pro CD and trying to repair the installation. It reaches about 60% of installing files and prompts me to locate 'viagp1.sys'. The mouse and keyboard completely lockup though and all I can do is restart.
I've tried removing my AGP GeForce graphics card and trying again with the integrated graphics but it still prompts for the file and freezes.
I have 3 options available to me. Install windows from scratch on the new HDD and copy stuff across from the old one, reinstalling all my apps manually. Don't want to do this!
I can also try and get the windows repair to complete without asking for the .sys file and locking up. I'd like to try this.
So, what can be done? Could I perhaps uninstall the hardware that uses the .sys driver on my small HDD, then clone it and attempt the repair again?
Could something else be done to get it to boot successfully without needing a repair?
Thanks for any help!