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My laptop (Sharp PC-GP22W) runs the OEM activated Windows XP Home Edition. I am trying to upgrade my hard drive. Reinstalling every program after restoring the hard drive using the manufacturer provided recovery cd's is not an option. I don't have the time to reinstall every program I already have on this computer replicating all my settings. Downloading the SP1 and other updates would also consume considerable time (10+ hours - I have 56K dial up) leaving my unsecure computer exposed without the updates online. Plus I am afraid I will loose something, which exactly what happened last time I did the restore (after XP became corrupt) and I relied on the transfer settings wizard to save my settings and files...
I purchased a USB Hard Drive enclosure and I used Powerquest DriveImage 7 copy function to clone the hard drive. It appears to be a perfect copy, I checked all my files are there. When I insert the new drive, the laptop boots, but it is stuck on the pre-welcome blue screen displaying the Windows XP Logo. Once, I received the message that 'A problem is preventing windows from accurately checking the licence on this computer'. I followed the 2nd solution outlined in Knowledge base article #306081, but after that the booting process is stuck on the blue screen and every 3 minutes an emply message box pops up. I repeated the cloning process, but I am did not even receive the license messsage, just the blue screen. I tried a number of times the clone - erasing the virtual memory file, applying the suggested solution before boot, etc.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306081
The drives are identical in size, but one is faster. The old drive works good, error checking reveals no problems, and I boot into Windows without trouble. The new drive is also good, otherwise, I could not even copy my files to it. DriveImage uses bit-by-bit copy - it also copies those registry files that were in use (I checked).
According the product activation guidelines, I am entitled to upgrade components in my computer. A couple months ago I upgraded the memory. I believe that I should be able to upgrade my hard drive in this fashion legally. Please let me know, how to circuimvent this error legally, if posibble. I am sure that if I had an illegal copy of Windows (corporate edition ?), I would not have this problem. But as I am properly licenced as Windows XP came with my laptop, I would prefer to keep my licenced status. I would also galdly go through product activation, but the boot process does not get there.
I purchased a USB Hard Drive enclosure and I used Powerquest DriveImage 7 copy function to clone the hard drive. It appears to be a perfect copy, I checked all my files are there. When I insert the new drive, the laptop boots, but it is stuck on the pre-welcome blue screen displaying the Windows XP Logo. Once, I received the message that 'A problem is preventing windows from accurately checking the licence on this computer'. I followed the 2nd solution outlined in Knowledge base article #306081, but after that the booting process is stuck on the blue screen and every 3 minutes an emply message box pops up. I repeated the cloning process, but I am did not even receive the license messsage, just the blue screen. I tried a number of times the clone - erasing the virtual memory file, applying the suggested solution before boot, etc.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306081
The drives are identical in size, but one is faster. The old drive works good, error checking reveals no problems, and I boot into Windows without trouble. The new drive is also good, otherwise, I could not even copy my files to it. DriveImage uses bit-by-bit copy - it also copies those registry files that were in use (I checked).
According the product activation guidelines, I am entitled to upgrade components in my computer. A couple months ago I upgraded the memory. I believe that I should be able to upgrade my hard drive in this fashion legally. Please let me know, how to circuimvent this error legally, if posibble. I am sure that if I had an illegal copy of Windows (corporate edition ?), I would not have this problem. But as I am properly licenced as Windows XP came with my laptop, I would prefer to keep my licenced status. I would also galdly go through product activation, but the boot process does not get there.