Windows XP Home not "completely" starting after SATA install

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Not too sure about norton,but with XCOPY,SATA drives do not clone
or mirror,IDE drives work fine.Are you sure "Everything starts out fine"
doesnt sound like it worked....

"Mike Freeman" wrote:

> I just installed a new SATA drive in my system. I cloned my old drive with
> Norton Ghost. Everything starts out fine, but when I get to the two-tone
> blue "Windows" screen that says "Just a Moment" and then asks for my
> password, it just sits there. The HDD activity light flickers, but nothing
> seems to happen. I have tried booting in Safe Mode, and it gets to the same
> point. I have tried booting from the Windows XP CD, but it doesn't see the
> SATA drive. Please help. I don't know what else to do. Thanks.
>
> Mike
>
>
>

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When you booted to the WinXP CD did you press F6 to install SATA drivers?

Brian


"Mike Freeman" <mfreeman@signode.com> wrote in message
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>I just installed a new SATA drive in my system. I cloned my old drive with
>Norton Ghost. Everything starts out fine, but when I get to the two-tone
>blue "Windows" screen that says "Just a Moment" and then asks for my
>password, it just sits there. The HDD activity light flickers, but nothing
>seems to happen. I have tried booting in Safe Mode, and it gets to the same
>point. I have tried booting from the Windows XP CD, but it doesn't see the
>SATA drive. Please help. I don't know what else to do. Thanks.
>
> Mike
>

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> When you booted to the WinXP CD did you press F6 to install SATA drivers?
>
> Brian

AND when you ran Ghost...did you install or add-in any SATA drivers?

If no to both...then of course they will fail.

"Brian K" wrote:

> When you booted to the WinXP CD did you press F6 to install SATA drivers?
>
> Brian
>
>
> "Mike Freeman" <mfreeman@signode.com> wrote in message
> news DoXvfwQFHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >I just installed a new SATA drive in my system. I cloned my old drive with
> >Norton Ghost. Everything starts out fine, but when I get to the two-tone
> >blue "Windows" screen that says "Just a Moment" and then asks for my
> >password, it just sits there. The HDD activity light flickers, but nothing
> >seems to happen. I have tried booting in Safe Mode, and it gets to the same
> >point. I have tried booting from the Windows XP CD, but it doesn't see the
> >SATA drive. Please help. I don't know what else to do. Thanks.
> >
> > Mike
> >
>
>
>