Unable to login after using XCOPY.

[pmaths]

Hi,

OK - I have just copied the contents of a one hard disk to another
using XCOPY with switches c/h/e/k/r set. This appeared to copy all
files from one disk to the other.

When booting the PC with the new disk in place I got an error with
missing system file. Anyway I copied the contents of the
C:\windows\system32\config\system from the old disk to the new and
rebooted again.

This time I get the login prompt, If I try and login the PC appears to
start the login process and then logs out again to the login prompt.
As a test I tried to login with an incorrect password and I got
returned 'Incorrect username or password' so it must be at the stage
where it at least try's to validate the user details.

Next - I recopied the complete C:\documents and settings directory from
old to new disk thinking there may be a profile file missing, this made
no difference.

I then tried a login on the PC that had not been used before, again
with the same attempted login and then logout results.

So - why will the PC not login?. I'm running an XP PC, logging into a
windows 2000 server domain. Any help will be gratefully received.

Cheers...

 

[dannysdailys]

Anonymouswrote
Hi

OK - I have just copied the contents of a one hard disk to anothe
using XCOPY with switches c/h/e/k/r set. This appeared to copy al
files from one disk to the other

When booting the PC with the new disk in place I got an error wit
missing system file. Anyway I copied the contents of th
C:\windows\system32\config\system from the old disk to the new an
rebooted again

This time I get the login prompt, If I try and login the PC appear t
start the login process and then logs out again to the logi prompt
As a test I tried to login with an incorrect password and I go
returned 'Incorrect username or password' so it must be at th stag
where it at least try's to validate the user details

Next - I recopied the complete C:\documents and settings director fro
old to new disk thinking there may be a profile file missing, thi mad
no difference

I then tried a login on the PC that had not been used before, agai
with the same attempted login and then logout results

So - why will the PC not login?. I'm running an XP PC, logging int

windows 2000 server domain. Any help will be gratefully received

Cheers..

I may be wrong, but I think you're running into the XP brick wall.
don't think copying the XP OS over to another disk is going to work.
You're going to have to tranfer the license from the old machine t
the new, or buy a new copy of XP

The only thing I'm aware of that will create a fully bootable disk i
RAID 1

 

[Steve N.]

Hi,

OK - I have just copied the contents of a one hard disk to another
using XCOPY with switches c/h/e/k/r set. This appeared to copy all
files from one disk to the other.

When booting the PC with the new disk in place I got an error with
missing system file. Anyway I copied the contents of the
C:\windows\system32\config\system from the old disk to the new and
rebooted again.

This time I get the login prompt, If I try and login the PC appears to
start the login process and then logs out again to the login prompt.
As a test I tried to login with an incorrect password and I got
returned 'Incorrect username or password' so it must be at the stage
where it at least try's to validate the user details.

Next - I recopied the complete C:\documents and settings directory from
old to new disk thinking there may be a profile file missing, this made
no difference.

I then tried a login on the PC that had not been used before, again
with the same attempted login and then logout results.

So - why will the PC not login?. I'm running an XP PC, logging into a
windows 2000 server domain. Any help will be gratefully received.

Cheers...

As you have found, you cannot "clone" the OS using Xcopy. You will have
to use a 3rd party utility, such as a hard disk copy program that comes
with a new drive. You can probably download such a program from the
manufacturer of your disk.

Steve N.

 

[Steve N.]

I may be wrong, but I think you're running into the XP brick wall. I
don't think copying the XP OS over to another disk is going to work.
You're going to have to tranfer the license from the old machine to
the new, or buy a new copy of XP.

The only thing I'm aware of that will create a fully bootable disk is
RAID 1.

Hard disk copy or cloning utilities can do this, but there's no way to
do it natively in Windows.

Raid is a hard disk storage array system, not anything directly related
to creating a bootable disk.

Steve N.