Copied Windows 2000 does not boot up!

[Red Cloud]

I copied the whole data from one hard drive to other using partition
copier. I try to boot up with with destination coppied HD as primery drive.
It is the primary drive according to the partition copier but it refuses
to log on. I have the error message during Window 2000 boot up said "lack
of virtual memory size error. It said the pagefile size has to be increased.
II increased the pagefile size but still I got the same error message.
I guess the copied Windows 2000 will not boot up. It can be only be boot
up during installiation. Anyone has similar problem? Plez let me know.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I copied the whole data from one hard drive to other using partition
copier. I try to boot up with with destination coppied HD as primery drive.
It is the primary drive according to the partition copier but it refuses
to log on. I have the error message during Window 2000 boot up said "lack
of virtual memory size error. It said the pagefile size has to be increased.
II increased the pagefile size but still I got the same error message.
I guess the copied Windows 2000 will not boot up. It can be only be boot
up during installiation. Anyone has similar problem? Plez let me know.

- Please give full details on "partition copier".
- How far does the boot process exactly go?
- What is the exact error message you saw?
- How did you increase the size of the paging file?
- How many drives do you have?
- Is the machine networked?

 

[Dave Patrick]

This article may help.

Unable to Log on if the Boot Partition Drive Letter Has Changed
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];249321

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

:
|I copied the whole data from one hard drive to other using partition
| copier. I try to boot up with with destination coppied HD as primery
drive.
| It is the primary drive according to the partition copier but it refuses
| to log on. I have the error message during Window 2000 boot up said "lack
| of virtual memory size error. It said the pagefile size has to be
increased.
| II increased the pagefile size but still I got the same error message.
| I guess the copied Windows 2000 will not boot up. It can be only be boot
| up during installiation. Anyone has similar problem? Plez let me know.

 

[Waqar Aziz]

Sounds similar to a problem i had before after using Norton Ghost to
copy a complete drive on to a new hard disk, way i fixed it was;

use a Windows 98 bootdisk and reboot to a: promt. Change to drive c then
type

fdisk /mbr

This replaces the master boot record, does not change any of your data
etc, the machine should then boot no problem

PLEASE do this at your own risk, but as i say it worked for me.

Waq

Hi

I don't know PartitionCopier so can't help there, but for a
system clone tool that works see www.xxclone.com

Although this is still regarded as beta it does work with
'normal' partitions, and is free.

Ray

This article may help.

Unable to Log on if the Boot Partition Drive Letter Has Changed
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];249321

--
Regards,

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

:
|I copied the whole data from one hard drive to other using partition
| copier. I try to boot up with with destination coppied HD as primery
drive.
| It is the primary drive according to the partition copier but it refuses
| to log on. I have the error message during Window 2000 boot up said "lack
| of virtual memory size error. It said the pagefile size has to be
increased.
| II increased the pagefile size but still I got the same error message.
| I guess the copied Windows 2000 will not boot up. It can be only be boot
| up during installiation. Anyone has similar problem? Plez let me know.