Recovering a botched install from one system on another system

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Due to a BIOS bug, I got stuck at about the 39 minutes left mark when
over-installing XP Pro to correct some driver issues. I'd get a message that
basically indicated that files being read by setup didn't have correct
signatures.

I cloned the drive (better late than never :<) and have tried several
experiements.

I have a new motherboard now, and I want to try and recover.

I can access the original drive from a fresh XP install on another drive and
assert ownership of all the files. Is there a way to transfer all the users
and installed programs from my old drive to the new? Obviously I can copy
the files but they won't be associated with users on my new drive. And what
about the programs?

Alternatively, I have tried a repair install on the original drive. This
install works, but again, I end up with a new administrator and I have to
assert control over the files since their owner is listed as some long GUID.
Would it help to assert ownership over the drive from a clean XP before I try
overinstalling on the original drive?

What I really want is to repair install on my original drive and retain the
users and programs.

Any advice appreciated.

MikeR

 

[Michael Stevens]

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Due to a BIOS bug, I got stuck at about the 39 minutes left mark when
over-installing XP Pro to correct some driver issues. I'd get a
message that basically indicated that files being read by setup
didn't have correct signatures.

I cloned the drive (better late than never :<) and have tried several
experiements.

I have a new motherboard now, and I want to try and recover.

I can access the original drive from a fresh XP install on another
drive and assert ownership of all the files. Is there a way to
transfer all the users and installed programs from my old drive to
the new? Obviously I can copy the files but they won't be associated
with users on my new drive. And what about the programs?

Alternatively, I have tried a repair install on the original drive.
This install works, but again, I end up with a new administrator and
I have to assert control over the files since their owner is listed
as some long GUID. Would it help to assert ownership over the drive
from a clean XP before I try overinstalling on the original drive?

What I really want is to repair install on my original drive and
retain the users and programs.

Any advice appreciated.

MikeR

See if anything in the link below helps.
To move the drive, you must configure the hard drive the same way it was in
the original computer.
Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Move XP to new hardware.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
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[Guest]

Here's some articles on taking ownership that might help you (from a previous
post) -

These documents all deal with permissions, ownership, and access
denied errors.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q304040&ID=KB;EN-US;q304040
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281248
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308418
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

Please be aware that the changing of these settings is a bit flakey - and
may reuire repeated attempts on the folder and sub-folders to get it to work.
Also, you might want to use a free NTFS to DOS reader to copy the files to a
FAT32 file system - this'll effectively strip all the permissions from the
file. I know others who have used a Live Linux distro, such as Knoppix, to
recover their files.

Good luck - this can be frustrating!

- John