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menards   01-17-2005 at 01:57:08 AM

I was trying to clone my old hard disk into my new, 120GB hard disk using Norton Ghost using its clone utility, but it messed up my windows xp! This is the error that was displayed upon restart:

PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing

I tried to look for these options -- caching and shadowing, but I could not find them. I'm not very used to BIOS.

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menards   01-17-2005 at 04:41:42 AM
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oh sorry, wrong error....

the error that appeared was

Windows cannot start because the following file is missing or corrupt:

windows\system32\config\system

it urged me to use the win xp CD and use the repair utility.

I found a tutorial for using repair somewhere at
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/

but I'm not sure if what I need are those ntldr and ntdetect.com files.

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folken   01-17-2005 at 09:48:01 PM
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When you do a disk clone you must remove the orrigional disk after the clone completes. Did you do that? or did you let windows boot after the clone finished. If you let windows boot/try to boot after the clone it is most likely completely hosed :(

Do a reinstall of windows on your new hard drive. Start the windows installer, hit enter to install windows, and when it detects ur current install hit repair. It will just reinstall all the windows files and leave your data intact.

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menards   01-18-2005 at 12:40:40 AM
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oh crap I didn't remove it, hehe no wonder.

thanks :)

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