Post by: Anonymous on April 12, 2002, 10:57:40 AM
Thanks for your comments
Post by: rdc on April 13, 2002, 06:49:49 PM
Post by: forum_editor on April 15, 2002, 06:02:05 AM
Post by: Anonymous on April 28, 2002, 06:19:01 PM
Post by: TheReasonIFailed on May 02, 2002, 11:47:12 AM
Post by: rdc on May 03, 2002, 01:41:39 AM
Post by: Anonymous on June 22, 2002, 04:16:15 PM
Post by: RNR on June 27, 2002, 04:33:37 PM
If the activation was not needed it is because it is only requiere when u install XP.....once it as been install and activated....if u ghost it and restore on a different HDD u won\'t need to re-activating it......!!! (as it is not an installation......;D
It also depend on the version of XP.....some don\'t need any activation .........
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Post by: Anonymous on July 29, 2002, 08:41:59 AM
Post by: rdc on July 30, 2002, 02:37:06 AM
The volume serial number only changes when you format the disk or change it from fat 32 to ntfs ,
If you put a ghost image to another disk than the one the image is from ,the other disk will take the same VSN as the original one .The vsn is the date time the disk is formatted , so it hasn\'t any real importance even to change it on a personal pc , but when you change it you will have to reactivate you xp , and have to explain why it changed for reactivation .
Post by: Anonymous on July 30, 2002, 02:49:27 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2002, 11:47:13 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 11, 2002, 10:32:37 PM
Any suggestions?
I, too, question the wisdom of upgrading to XP!
Post by: Glock22 on August 12, 2002, 03:48:13 PM
Drive Image has saved my butt a few times and is a great tool to have.
Post by: quietkey on August 15, 2002, 04:31:11 PM
As far as the volume key using ghost, it does take on the setting from the original image. I was even at one time able to activate 24 instances of Office 2k on the website using a single verification key. Yes, we do have legal licenses, but this was before we got our volume product keys.
Post by: rdc on August 21, 2002, 04:51:39 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 22, 2002, 04:01:17 PM
1 A Volume Serial number. (Can be changed, Use a program called WinHex are check out sector 0
2 A Hard drive serial number stored on EEPROM (Can\'t be changed)
Pliers..
Post by: rdc on August 22, 2002, 05:25:02 PM
I know they take the vsn into account too .
Not that it is a real problem to reactivate now that I \'ve done it , but there should be a more simple way to reactivate .
Post by: Anonymous on August 28, 2002, 10:02:56 AM
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Post by: Anonymous on September 01, 2002, 09:29:13 PM
This is a number assigned by the OS to uniquely indentify \"volumes\" (generally formatted partitions).
> (Can be changed, Use a program called WinHex are check out sector 0 )
It\'s much easier to use volid.exe from www.sysinternals.com. And it\'s free (unlike WinHex) and works well.
> 2 A Hard drive serial number stored on EEPROM (Can\'t be changed)
Not all drives have a serial number. I know some SCSI drives do not support the SCSI command or return the same number for all drives (SCSI Unit Serial Number?). Also I believe the serial number of some IDE drives can be changed through software.
Anyway my question is:
Does Ghost or any other disk cloning software support creating a new volume serial number on restore? It seems like this option should be provided (or even the default) as nasty things can happen if you have 2 drives with the same serial number.
Post by: rdc on September 02, 2002, 02:34:48 AM
As you said can eventually be changed with Volumeid.exe .
You don\'t even need to partition or format the new drive before putting the image on it ,that\'s what I appreciate from Norton Ghost
Post by: Anonymous on September 23, 2002, 01:59:44 AM
If u get any information on what software to use to change volume serial number, please pass it on to me. I also need to change the serial no of my hard disk.
u can mail me the information on [email protected]
regards.
-Sourabh
Post by: Anonymous on November 23, 2002, 05:39:24 AM
I tried to ghost xp onto another m/c, but after ghosting and restart the new m/c. It appears a screen to choose start safe mode, ..... or start windows normally. If i choose the last choice, the m/c just stops and hang. If i choose safe mode, will also hang after loading some files. Anyone knows the reason and solution ?
Thanks NewComer
Post by: rdc on November 24, 2002, 09:47:25 AM
This way you don\'t loose time to go looking for hours for a solution to your problem .
If you want to put your operating system on another computer ,better make a bootable cdrom with the latest service pack included .
Post by: Anonymous on November 26, 2002, 11:19:27 AM
Post by: IRL337 on December 05, 2002, 01:48:01 PM
Post by: Buschy on July 28, 2003, 10:23:33 PM
Post by: WeNeedHelp888 on July 29, 2003, 10:50:07 PM
Anyone knows how to reverse the effect? i need to get back my data!!
I've tried some data recovery software but failed.
Anyone knows any data recovery support help line no. that i can called? I am located in the South East Asia region.
Thanks.
Post by: Guest on September 12, 2003, 04:43:46 PM
Doing some desk reaseach on the net, my conclusion so far is that I,m not going to do any ghost copying, neither any activating having problems every time I make changes to my PC HW - but rather use a crack to solve my problem. Sorry to say that Bill - but when I have purchased an Office XP developer package, and add all the money I have but in the past in different MS SW, why shall I accept this chicanery ?
The "think tank" at MS is not very bright, turning satisfied paying MS users into unsatisfied and angry hazards.
/mad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':angry:\' /> And - this policy will only result in that users will stick to the Windows 2000 for as many years as possible -> that they dont run the latest time saving features -> halting the technology back - and - less profit for MS since users simply dont by new versions of Windows.
Post by: Guest on September 19, 2003, 03:28:45 PM
Just purchased an Office XP package. Which also have the need of activation.
If you find a corporate serial key number on the web, this key will automaticaly deactivate the activation process. If you use this corporate serial key Offfice XP will never ask you for activation. I suppose this is the same for Windows XP.
Reading through the license text, there is nothing as far as I can see that tells that you can not use a nother key than the one written on your package. So if you have purchased an XP package then you can legaly use a nother key to "activate" your XP software ????
Anyone have comments to this issue ?
Post by: Guest on October 03, 2003, 04:29:40 PM
Post by: Paul F on November 14, 2003, 04:46:33 PM
I have an XP system and installed a second hard disk to use for backup. My main disk (Disk 1) has 2 partitions -- C: has my programs and XP, D: holds my data.
I used Norton Ghost 2003 to clone Disk 1 to Disk 2. This gave me an F: and G: partition on Disk 2.
I was able to unplug Disk 1 and make Disk 2 the master and boot up XP.
My backup plan was to clone the data partition (D: to G:) every night before I shut down, and clone the program partition (C: to F:) every 7th night I shutdown.
After cloning the data partition, I found I could still unplug Disk 1, make Disk 2 master, and boot XP. On the 7th night after cloning the program partition, the unplug Disk 1 and make Disk 2 master test failed to boot XP. It came up to the point as previously reported -- the Windows screen is there but it does not present the possibility of logging on. I repeated the above testing and results were the same -- if I cloned only the program partition, I could not use it to lboot up.
I have decided to change my backup procedure so that on the 7th night, I clone Disk 1 to Disk 2 rather than cloning just the program partition.
Paul F
Post by: taj on May 06, 2004, 12:37:41 PM
/blink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':blink:\' /> "Do a full backup of you XP machine. save the file on the hard drive or a dvdr/w. Do an install of xp on the new hd. Now use the backup file to restore your xp machine" This is the on thing microsoft will tell you!
Post by: Ratti3 on January 26, 2005, 03:44:10 PM
try running ghost with the -FDSP switch to resolve the logon screen hanging problem.
Its caused by drive letters being reasigned by ghost FDSP copies it (make sure you disconnect the old drive after cloning)
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost...iver=symghost_8 (http://\"http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/d87bb6ce0bde286d88256d6a00452701/3addab558a6f849e88256db300586af8?OpenDocument&prod=Symantec%20Ghost&ver=8.x&src=ent&pcode=symghost&dtype=corp&svy=&prev=&miniver=symghost_8\")
http://www.jokegateway.co.uk (http://\"http://www.jokegateway.co.uk\")
Post by: MuOhioStudent on February 01, 2005, 02:40:35 AM
I tried to change out the hd on my XP system using Norton Ghost but to no avail. I installed a second hd; ghosted the partition on the first drive to the second drive. Removed the first drive and made the new drive the primary. The system starts and then hangs on the logon screen just before it gives you the list of users. I can access the drive from another computer on the network running Windows 98 so I know it's booted up. But I cannot get logged on to this system. If I leave BOTH hd in the system, even though the original boot drive is now a slave drive, the sytem will boot. Take the original boot drive out, and I can't log on.
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This same thing happend to except i was a moron... I formated my original. It wouldn't let me format through windows because it said the drive was in use so i did it through partition magic. Now when i start my cpu it automatically attempts to run windows and hangs right before the log in screen. I don't even get the screen that lets me choice whether or not i want to boot into Linux or one of my two windows operating systems. I don't know what to do. I tried throwing in an Xp pro disk and repairing it with that as others have done successfully. When I put the cd in and hit install it saw that i had my xp home edition but it didn't give me a choice to repair it as it usually does. It is possible that its because I have Xp home and not Xp pro. I will test my Xp home disk as soon as i can find it. If that doesn't work though, i have no idea what i am going to do. When i get to the safe mode screen there is a choice that i can restore my computer to recent settings that previously worked. But i don't know what will happen if i do that. I am hoping I will be able to just do a simple repair and have it all fixed. Does anyone have any other solutions to this or know whether or not the xp home addition cd repair will work or not?
Any help would be EXTREMELY Appreciated
Thanx in Advance.
Post by: DaPaul on February 03, 2005, 08:29:35 PM
Primary Master: C and D (WinXP with service pack 2)
Primary Slave : E and F
I used XXClone(30 day free trial). It is a windows based program. I simply chose C as source and E as Target. After 10 minutes the cloning is over and is bootable without doing any additional steps. After cloning whether I remove my first HDD or second HDD and keep them both, I can't even notice the difference!!! That is called cloning. No activation - no hanging. Use it to believe it (even I thought the best way is DOS based program). The XXClone (http://\"http://www.xxclone.com\")
I hope this info helps.
Post by: Guest on February 17, 2005, 06:22:27 AM
Not all drives have a serial number. I know some SCSI drives do not support the SCSI command or return the same number for all drives (SCSI Unit Serial Number?). Also I believe the serial number of some IDE drives can be changed through software. "
I need for a Test a Type of SCSI drive with "SCSI Unit Serial Number". Can a user help me ?
Thanks.
Post by: Guest_Rick_* on May 04, 2005, 11:16:57 PM
I encountered the problem using Ghost to copy a patition to another disk (partition).
The solution is to create a ghost image file somewhere (to a CD/DVD or through the LAN using Bart-PE for exemple, then, replace the disk and restore that image to the new one.
Then, the first time you will reboot, Windows will detect the hard drive and ask you to restart the computer.
I've been doing this for a while and never had any problems nor had to register XP again.
Voilà
Post by: DP on May 11, 2005, 05:11:02 AM
It was really interesting to see some of the ponts.
A contribution from my side.
Visit the following urls , they may be good reading.
Volume licensing keys, solved my problem.
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost...001052308534125 (http://\"http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/docid/2001052308534125\")
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluat...activation.mspx (http://\"http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/features/activation.mspx\")
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;299840 (http://\"http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;299840\")
Cheers,
DP
Post by: XP student on May 28, 2005, 01:55:34 AM
How to ghost XP for different computer ?
I didn't successful use "sysprep" and "ghost" to clone the XP harddisk for 2 different configuration computer. Please advise.
XP student
Post by: Guest on June 01, 2005, 02:53:07 AM
http://netbux.org/?r=264355 (http://\"http://netbux.org/?r=264355\")
Post by: intraaction on June 18, 2005, 12:55:27 AM
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Post by: TheMan on June 23, 2005, 12:19:00 PM
fdisk /mbr with a Windows 98 or later boot disk
It will let the hard drive know it is not the other non C drive letter and will put the primary drive letter with an active boot partition back to C:
The reason you probably had this problem in the first place is because you put the new hard drive with the old one (to transfer data), ghosted it, and when you put the new one by itself, Windows still saw it as the other non C drive. The above solution will fix the problem.
The reason you have to run it is because old C drive and Windows saw the new hard drive.
-TheMan
Post by: skep·tic also scep·tic on June 23, 2005, 03:11:35 PM
1. One who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions.
[quote name=\'TheMan\' date=\'Jun 23 2005, 11:19 AM\']The reason you have to run it is because old C drive and Windows saw the new hard drive.[/quote]
You mean that the computer sees? what it uses? a built in lens?
Post by: Guru on July 05, 2005, 10:09:56 PM
Used the disk imaging software which copied the boot partition to the new hdd.
I unplugged the old hdd and tried to start, windows seem to boot, but the logon screen does not appear.
After going thru all the posts and some microsoft support contents, i realised that is because of the drive letter assignments. The volume guid of the new hdd was already in the existing installation. So when i started xp in the new hdd, it must have assumed it to be the D drive instead of C because of the presence of the volume guid.
The solution is given here.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249321/ (http://\"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249321/\")
I havent tried it yet, but will try it out today evening. I will boot using win98, use fdisk/mbr. Hope it works.
Post by: Guru on July 05, 2005, 10:12:14 PM