Ask for advice - Windows XP

[falther]

Up to end of last year my standard procedure for a corrupted Windows XP was
- after imaging the data from defect drive to a new one

to re-install XP (with exact same legal version / CD and license code) over the old one with the R-option (using
the dynamic upgrade) - which was / is infact no update but a re-installation to keep all settings + programes

As I wrote above - that worked usually perfectly up to the end of last year

... but

since then the update procedure works fine, but after first time restarting the system hangs endless in
the screen with the Windows logo. This is not limited to any type, model or brand - I found that happening on
PC´s and on laptops.

I am shure that MS has changed something with one of their automatic updates and this is causing that problem.
I did not yet find a solution in the internet.

Has anyone faced this problem and found a solution?

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Thank you
falther

[zebong]

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[falther]

To clearify:

Its not one (my) system - but several systems from customers out of following situations:

- 1. windows xp imaged out of a defect customers hdd - to get the xp working again on a new hdd
- 2. new laptop or pc with bigger hdd - where the xp was imaged to with either a hardware or software tool *)

*) whether imaged with hardware (Atola) 1:1 or with software (True Image etc) makes no difference
but
a XP installation with SP2 can be "updated" without any problem with either a SP2 or a SP3 edition

It happens only on those systems where the "old" installation is allready a SP3 XP Home edition.

In neither of above versions I have access to the running Windows XP - so I cannot check whether
any software is installed.

I can set up the drive parallel into an other pc - to access files or folders
and I could manipulate the registry with Erd Commander

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[drc]

Does the disc you're using for the repair install have SP3 slipstreamed?

[falther]

I use either a 1:1 copy of the original SP3 CD (done myself) or an original SP3 CD directly.

I even baught a new CD from different supplier - its allways the XP Home OEM SP3.

No difference in behaviour whatever CD is try.


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[hddguy]

This is why I try to avoid restoration of OS, and instead simply offer recovered data. Except in specific situations.

[craig6928]

the problem your are having is that windows does not want you to image the hard drive at all to another hard drive

microsoft did a update of the service pack to stop people doing this

because people would clone the drive or image it then use it on another machine.


it like oh your hard drive is busted time to pay some more money out for a os again.
that goes with that pc system so acer would be window disk for acer and so on.

there was a lot of problems where you could use true imager and it would not let you clone the drive or image it
but now the updated version lets you clone it 100%