computer question... Please Help!!

[dude abides]

I just upgraded my hard drive (the Western Digital 60 jobbies) a couple days ago, transferred Windows 2000 onto the new HD by imaging the old one and then restoring it on the new one..

All is fine except, now my computer won't read any of my slave disks that aren't NTFS... I get the blue screen o' death after I log in saying that there's a page fault in a non paged area..

BTW, I did have to re-arrange how my cables were set up with the CDR and DVD drives to get the new HD to go..


any help to get Windows 2K to read my back-up drives would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks,
the dude abides.

 

[sauce]

here is your problem...

with windows 2000...you have to INSTALL the program...you can't mirror it...
so you need it install it on your new drive....and then it should see your drives.....if it still doesn't.....you need to re-partition the other drives...best program for that is partition magic 8.0.
good luck!

 

[dude abides]

Thanks Sauce,

wasn't exactly the answer I was hoping for because I choosed to mirror it so I could forgo the headache of re-installing the OS and all the different programs I have running on this machine..

but, if that's the way to go, I'll have to set aside a full day next week to do that. Any other suggestions would still be appreciated.


the dude abides.

 

[Shallow Throat]

I replaced my HD and paid about $100 for my laptop to be ghosted. I have a ton of apps that I don't have the source disks for, so I didn't want to lose anything.

Here's a little info on ghosting.

Ghost imaging is the copying of the contents of a computer's hard disk into a single compressed file or set of files (referred to as an image) so that the contents of the hard disk, including configuration information and applications, can be copied to the hard disk of other computers.

An example of ghost imaging software is Norton Ghost, a product from Symantec. Using this product, you can clone (copy) the entire contents of a hard disk to a portable medium such as a writeable CD or to a server. The portable image can then be used to set up each hard disk in other computers, automatically formatting and partitioning each target disk. Ghost imaging is useful where one system is to be replicated on a number of computers in a classroom or for a team of notebook computer users who all need the same system and applications.

 

[papasmerf]

Slave/master

On the back of each hard drive are "Jumpers".

These need to be set to slave and master, respectively.

Thje other question is did you set the BIOS to reconize other drives, properly.

The AUTO setting for te 4 reconizable drives would do it.

But slow you start.

PAPA

 

[Voodoo Child]

Damn.

I just can't get away from computers...

As other people have mentioned, it's perfectly possible to 'clone' a PC - there are imaging programs out there that are designed for this. In fact, all the PC's in our office are built this way.

What I would do is this: disconnect everything but the primary master. If the machine boots OK, re-connect one device at a time until you find the problem device. On some drives, there could be a jumper setting besides slave/master that needs to be set.

Also, it would help if you described *exactly* what IDE drives you have, how they are connected, and which ones are slaves and masters. You keep referring to having a CDR, a DVD, your new HD, and backup 'drives' - this implies that you have at least 5 devices, which isn't possible.

PM me if you like.

 

[dude abides]

Hi All,

Sorry if I wasn't a more specific, this is where it starts to get a little convoluted...

Over past 9 years, I've upgraded my primary drive about 5 times, I decided to keep all the olds drives for file storage, so I put in a rack so I can swap my slave drives, just turn off the computer and slip in whichever back-up I need..

I'm familiar with jumper settings and cables and the BIOS, so the problem doesn't lie there.. I always test and retest..


the original install of W2k had no problems identifying FAT and NTFS disks. The new image craps out when I put in a slave drive formatted to FAT, but works fine when I put in a NTFS formatted slave.


IDE 1 - master and slave HD's
IDE 2 - master - DVD-ROM, slave - CDR

hope this clears things up a bit..

thanks,
dude abides.

PS. Shallow Throat, Norton Ghost is a good product, that's what I used..

 

[2k3harley]

sc dave: Win XP Home and Pro are the first of Microsoft's os's to require product activation. Win 2k just needed the product code to be usable. Imaging is no problem with Win2k.

dude abides: Goto 'Control Panel', 'Administrative Tools', 'Disk Manager' and see what the operating system thinks is going on. Please post the details.
Also, goto 'Control Panel', 'Administrative Tools', 'Event Viewer', 'System' and locate the event describing the BSOD. Post the details of the description. Also post details of any items which have warnings or error flags beside them.

Having the correct and complete error will go a long way in helping to resolve this problem.

everyone else: Although I've been lurking for about a month now, this is my first post. I'd like to say 'hi' to everyone and wish you all the best in 2003.

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