new 2nd bootable HD, hangs after user login

[paixx01]

aloha all from honolulu
just installed a 2nd HD, made it bootable, copied all files over from
1st HD unplugged the 1st HD, new HD boots

but after win2k login, i get no taskbar, desktop icons, i get only the
background image, the 'task manager' will come up SLOWLY, but thats it,
i've rebooted few times, same thing

so i tried to boot off win2k CD and i did a 'fast repair' however no
change to the status.

i guess i could copy over more things from HD1 to new HD2 but am not
sure if that will do

or what to copy over for that matter


thanks for any help in advance

 

[Dave Patrick]

This article may help.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];249321

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| aloha all from honolulu
| just installed a 2nd HD, made it bootable, copied all files over from
| 1st HD unplugged the 1st HD, new HD boots
|
| but after win2k login, i get no taskbar, desktop icons, i get only the
| background image, the 'task manager' will come up SLOWLY, but thats it,
| i've rebooted few times, same thing
|
| so i tried to boot off win2k CD and i did a 'fast repair' however no
| change to the status.
|
| i guess i could copy over more things from HD1 to new HD2 but am not
| sure if that will do
|
| or what to copy over for that matter
|
|
| thanks for any help in advance
|

 

[paixx01]

thx but that is not it

fwiw, i'm booting off a pci133 card,
i just tried plugging into the 2nd header instead of the 1st, only
thing different is it complains
with a dialog box saying

you do not have a paging file do this and this
however i can't do this and this as i can't get a taskbar, icons,
just background image

 

[Dave Patrick]

"complains
| with a dialog box saying
|
| you do not have a paging file"

Yes that's exactly what I would expect if the drive letter changed.

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| thx but that is not it
|
| fwiw, i'm booting off a pci133 card,
| i just tried plugging into the 2nd header instead of the 1st, only
| thing different is it complains
| with a dialog box saying
|
| you do not have a paging file do this and this
| however i can't do this and this as i can't get a taskbar, icons,
| just background image

 

[paixx01]

ok well should i try to exit my registry during boot up?
i've no idea how to do that

did you note i'm booting off a pci ultra ide card ? so the drive letter
didn't change

 

[Dave Patrick]

How did you verify?

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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| ok well should i try to exit my registry during boot up?
| i've no idea how to do that
|
| did you note i'm booting off a pci ultra ide card ? so the drive letter
| didn't change

 

[fm2006fm]

dave,

when i installed the new 2nd HD, i copied all info from HD1 on pci
header 1 to HD2 on pci card header 2, and made HD2 bootable

NOW

i've tried booting with HD2 plugged into pci card header 2 and THEN pci
card header 1, hence 'nothing has changed'

both of these instances were done with HD1 disconnected from ANY
header.

thanks

 

[fm2006fm]

i'm sort of wondering how i'm going to indicate in the registry a drive
number, if i'm booting
off what they call a scsi pci ata133 card , which has no drive letter
that i know of ?

dave,

when i installed the new 2nd HD, i copied all info from HD1 on pci
header 1 to HD2 on pci card header 2, and made HD2 bootable

NOW

i've tried booting with HD2 plugged into pci card header 2 and THEN pci
card header 1, hence 'nothing has changed'

both of these instances were done with HD1 disconnected from ANY
header.

thanks

How did you verify?

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

| ok well should i try to exit my registry during boot up?
| i've no idea how to do that
|
| did you note i'm booting off a pci ultra ide card ? so the drive letter
| didn't change

 

[Dave Patrick]

Since it's a new disk it has no disk signature hence windows has no way to
know what drive letter to associate with it. I'd try the article.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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| dave,
|
| when i installed the new 2nd HD, i copied all info from HD1 on pci
| header 1 to HD2 on pci card header 2, and made HD2 bootable
|
| NOW
|
| i've tried booting with HD2 plugged into pci card header 2 and THEN pci
| card header 1, hence 'nothing has changed'
|
| both of these instances were done with HD1 disconnected from ANY
| header.
|
| thanks

 

[paixx01]

tried the article
fdisk /mbr nothing

changing registry swaped c: and d:
just borked the system

so still stuck

 

[Dave Patrick]

Check that explorer.exe is the default shell to start. Look at the Reg_Sz
string value of;
"Shell"="Explorer.exe"
found at
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon


The profile may also be corrupt so try creating a new account and logging on
with that or these may help you.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];292175

What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];306952

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your repair install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| tried the article
| fdisk /mbr nothing
|
| changing registry swaped c: and d:
| just borked the system
|
| so still stuck