System Restore not working in Cloned HD - can't find sr.sys file on SP2 CD

[Dave]

Replaced (cloned) my HD, booted up (almost) first try. Everything seems to
work except SR is not working. I reviewed several of the posts on this
subject, and they suggest a couple of methods of rebuilding the sr file that
require you to insert the SP2 CD. I believe they are looking for the sr.sys
file.

I do have the Windows SP2 disc, however, I keep getting the error message
"file not found"

Agent Ransack can't find sr.sys on the CD either.

What to do?

Dave

 

[Dave]

Reinstalled SP2 - no joy
Dave

 

[Lem]

Reinstalled SP2 - no joy
Dave

You probably need to do a Windows Repair Install (not a reinstall of SP2).

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

sr.sys ought to be in %WINDIR%\system32\drivers. A copy should also be
in %WINDIR%\ServicePackFiles\i386 and possibly an older copy in
%WINDIR%\$NtServicePackUninstal$.

If you really want to get it from the Windows XP install CD, you need to
search for "sr.sy_" (without the quotes). You'll then need to use the
"Expand" command in order to uncompress it and copy it to the desired
location.

How to expand Windows XP files from the installation disk
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888017

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

 

[MAP]

Replaced (cloned) my HD, booted up (almost) first try. Everything
seems to work except SR is not working. I reviewed several of the
posts on this subject, and they suggest a couple of methods of
rebuilding the sr file that require you to insert the SP2 CD. I
believe they are looking for the sr.sys file.

I do have the Windows SP2 disc, however, I keep getting the error
message "file not found"

Agent Ransack can't find sr.sys on the CD either.

What to do?

Dave

Ditto, the same thing happened to me recently when I cloned my new HD,my
solution was to format the new HD and clone it again...it worked just fine.

 

[Dave]

Thank you Lem
and thank you Mike, I just can't make myself reclone the whole thing, I'll
see if I can get into bigger trouble first

OK Lem, bear with me - I'm very close to being in over my head here -

Anyway, I found sr.sy_ and got it expanded. However, the expanded version
came out with the same name - I was expecting something like sr.sys What
do I do with the expanded sr.sy_ ?

BTW - I forgot to mention, on boot I get a black screen which asks which
operating system do I want - "Windows (default)" or "Windows (default)"
This screen brings back memories, but not how to get rid of it. Any
suggestions?

Thanks again all -
Dave

 

[Lem]

Just rename the expanded file to the proper name.

As to the other problem, it sounds as if you didn't clone the disk
properly and now have two copies of Windows on the same disk. I'm
sorry, but I don't have time today to deal with the several
possibilities that might be behind this. If System Restore doesn't
help, and you don't want to do a Windows Repair Install as I suggested
previously, I suggest that you start a new thread about this new topic.

Thank you Lem
and thank you Mike, I just can't make myself reclone the whole thing, I'll
see if I can get into bigger trouble first

OK Lem, bear with me - I'm very close to being in over my head here -

Anyway, I found sr.sy_ and got it expanded. However, the expanded version
came out with the same name - I was expecting something like sr.sys What
do I do with the expanded sr.sy_ ?

BTW - I forgot to mention, on boot I get a black screen which asks which
operating system do I want - "Windows (default)" or "Windows (default)"
This screen brings back memories, but not how to get rid of it. Any
suggestions?

Thanks again all -
Dave

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

 

[Dave]

Thanks much - I'll do that
Dave

Just rename the expanded file to the proper name.

As to the other problem, it sounds as if you didn't clone the disk
properly and now have two copies of Windows on the same disk. I'm sorry,
but I don't have time today to deal with the several possibilities that
might be behind this. If System Restore doesn't help, and you don't want
to do a Windows Repair Install as I suggested previously, I suggest that
you start a new thread about this new topic.




--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

 

[Plato]

Replaced (cloned) my HD, booted up (almost) first try. Everything seems to
work except SR is not working. I reviewed several of the posts on this

http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#15