Restored XP hangs before login....

Not sure exactly what version TI I have but I bought it as online download a couple of weeks before 9 was released. This weekend I was going to upgrade my system (MB, CPU, Video) so I backed up my XP partition. My SATA drive has 2 partitions, C: and E:, where C: is data and E: is the Windows XP partition. The upgrade didn't go well so I put the old MB back in but left other peripherals (sound card, 2nd video card, etc.) unplugged. I boot from the TI CD and tried to restore E: from the backup file. TI defaulted to a logical drive restore which I accepted. Now, Windows XP would hang at the little Windows XP screen--not the inital one with the progress bar on the bottom--but the one right before the login panel comes up. Even safe mode hangs there. When I boot into recovery console, it sees the XP installation in D:. I enabled bootloggin in boot.ini and the last entry in the log is "Loaded driver \SystemRoot\System32DRIVERS\ndisuio.sys".

Anything I can do to save my XP?

--wilson

 

Could try a repair install or perhaps try the steps here

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=806614#post806614

From BART PE

 

do u have a 2nd disk installe? is it an IDE HDD?

Fairy

 

You may need to perform a 'fdisk /mbr'
This Microsoft Knowledge base article refers to Win2000, but I have had a similar prob with XP. My HP computer had a C and D partition, and when I recovered it I only had C:. Actually my boot partition letter stayed th same, but the boot.ini was somehow corrupted or (as I think) relied on the 'HP recovery' partition to boot.
fdisk /mbr fixed it. (booted from a W98 floppy with fdisk I believe)

A_L

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249321/

 

wjchan,

Not having your OS on the C drive can create this problem when restoring images or performing cloning. It can be fixed with SavePart. See this thread. It's a long read but it describes your problem.

http://radified.com/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.cgi?board=general;action=display;num=1140647361;start=

http://radified.com/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.cgi?board=general;action=display;num=1153761560;start=0

 

Hello wjchan,

Thank you for choosing Acronis Disk Backup Software.

We are sorry for the delayed response.

Please note that since you used Acronis True Image 8.0 which back up MBR (Master Boot Resord) only if you back up the entire hard drive you might need to fix the MBR after you restore a single partition from the image archive.

Please also have a look at this previous post.

Please also note that Acronis has develop a special plug-in for Acronis True Image (Corporate versions) that allows you to restore the image to a different hardware. It is Acronis Universal Restore. Acronis Universal Restore can be used “after the fact”: it is not necessary to create an image with the option, you can restore any image to different hardware. You can find more information about Acronis Universal Restore in the User's Guide for the respective version of Acronis True Image.

Thank you.
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Aleksandr Isakov