-=PCTechTalk=- Re: XP Musical boot failure
- From: "recklessmaverick@xxxxxxxxxx" <recklessmaverick@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:12:21 -0400
Maybe not. I have not yet restored anything . . . . .
1. It appears, by looking at file/folder modified dates, that it is
possible that the data drive was used as the "install to" drive for both
Vista and XP since the last image was made. I really don't think that
is the case with Vista though.
2. If the move and then move back messed up the XP boot why didn't it
mess up the Vista boot? (I incorrectly said "copied" in my original
message)
3. Is there a way to be sure that item 1. is or is not the case?
4. If we assume permissions are the problem is there a way to fix them
without restoring from the backups?
5. Acronis Disk Director Suite was installed on Vista "before". ATI was
installed "after". Disk Director Suite no longer appears in the
Start>All Programs>Acronis folder but it does launch when I click on DDS
in the Start MRU list of programs. Is this related to the move/move
back? Can it be fixed? Easily?
6. Windows was, of course, not moved in this process. How would
permissions get changed? I would be more suspicious of registry entries
related to installed programs but am inclined to think that would not
stop windows from booting. Instead I would expect it to open dialog
boxes and error messages when trying to launch any impacted programs.
7. I know that Windows updates locations on a file/folder move. Vista
apparently updated fine (except for DDS?) since the move was done within
Vista. Since XP was not launched, it had no way of knowing the
files/folders were moved. However, I expected the move back to move
everything back to where it was since no folder or file locations were
changed between the move and the move back. So how did XP get messed up?
8. I can (and will, if necessary) restore the latest image of XP,
Vista, and Data drive. I would rather avoid that if possible as some
work has been done since the last images were made.
Don
Gman wrote:
> It may have messed with permissions. If that's the case, a restore from
> image will fix it.
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <recklessmaverick@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 1:03 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- XP Musical boot failure
>
>
>
>> Restarted from Vista to XP Pro
>> Boot was very very S L O W
>> Finally reached the Blue XP splash screen
>> Finally reached the point where it plays the music.
>>
>> This time it played it over and over and over and over ad infinitum
>> nauseum
>>
>> Previous to this, I had copied everything from my data drive to a
>> separate drive and then copied it back. I thought my XP was a clean
>> install without the tweaks to put stuff on the data drive, but it is
>> possible that I was wrong. Would a simple copy off and then copy back
>> screw up the boot? Everything went back to the same folder as it was
>> before the copy.
>>
>> MY first step to fix it will be to simply restore the data drive from
>> the latest ATI image I have. If that doesn't work, I restore XP from
>> the latest image. If that doesn't work I'll go to the earliest XP image
>> and start all over again. Or maybe just abandon XP and the dual boot.
>>
>> Don
>>
>
>
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