cant login after upgrading system disk

[Guest]

The system drive on my laptop was overheating and making noises so I decided
to replace it before a catostophic failure. I Cloned the system Drive with
Norton Ghost; popped in into the laptop; turned it on and all booted what
seemed to be normal -- no error messages

Ctrl-Alt-Delete and login screen comes up; enter user/password and it says
loading user profile -- changes backround to my backround color -- then says
closing network connections -- and "logging off" -- saving your settings --
and back to the login screen.......

I thought it might need to force reactivation -- so I renamed WMA.DBL and
rebooted (from the restore using console off the original CD ) and same
problem ( although it did rebuild the WMA.dbl file....

Cannot login on any account including administrator on the laptop; and same
thing happens in safe mode....


HELP!!!!!!

Thanks in advance

Joe

 

[Dave Patrick]

This article may help.

Unable to Log on if the Boot Partition Drive Letter Has Changed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q249321/

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| The system drive on my laptop was overheating and making noises so I
decided
| to replace it before a catostophic failure. I Cloned the system Drive
with
| Norton Ghost; popped in into the laptop; turned it on and all booted what
| seemed to be normal -- no error messages
|
| Ctrl-Alt-Delete and login screen comes up; enter user/password and it
says
| loading user profile -- changes backround to my backround color -- then
says
| closing network connections -- and "logging off" -- saving your
settings --
| and back to the login screen.......
|
| I thought it might need to force reactivation -- so I renamed WMA.DBL and
| rebooted (from the restore using console off the original CD ) and same
| problem ( although it did rebuild the WMA.dbl file....
|
| Cannot login on any account including administrator on the laptop; and
same
| thing happens in safe mode....
|
|
| HELP!!!!!!
|
| Thanks in advance
|
| Joe
|

 

[paulchen]

The system drive on my laptop was overheating and making noises so I decided
to replace it before a catostophic failure. I Cloned the system Drive with
Norton Ghost; popped in into the laptop; turned it on and all booted what
seemed to be normal -- no error messages

Ctrl-Alt-Delete and login screen comes up; enter user/password and it says
loading user profile -- changes backround to my backround color -- then says
closing network connections -- and "logging off" -- saving your settings --
and back to the login screen.......

I thought it might need to force reactivation -- so I renamed WMA.DBL and
rebooted (from the restore using console off the original CD ) and same
problem ( although it did rebuild the WMA.dbl file....

Cannot login on any account including administrator on the laptop; and same
thing happens in safe mode....


HELP!!!!!!

Thanks in advance

Joe

After restoring from a Ghost image, I had the same experience of WPA. May be repaired from an original XP CD. Remove all periperals except USB mouse. If still can't work, too bad, need to install as a fresh copy. Good luck.

 

[Guest]

That actually worked -- apparently when I cloned the drive the new drive had
a drive letter and it was NOT C: -- it was actually booting from E:
fixed it and all looks well

thanks

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| That actually worked -- apparently when I cloned the drive the new drive
had
| a drive letter and it was NOT C: -- it was actually booting from E:
| fixed it and all looks well
|
| thanks