How to clone Windows XP back to your HD?
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From: Tim Meddick on 18 Apr 2010 15:14 If you go to your local Internet Caf� you will be able to download a copy of "Recovery Console" for use with a USB drive... Most modern laptops / netbooks has an option to boot from a USB source. This download allows a USB pen-drive to boot the first part of the Windows XP installation disk - up to the part where it asks you "Press R to repair using Recovery Console". Download: "XP_Recovery_Console_on_USB.zip" (6.62 MB ) http://www.4shared.com/file/t3MX2P8z/XP_Recovery_Console_on_USB.html == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Bob" <girsatt(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:148dfd81-70be-4994-bf8a-0550db48aed2(a)w3g2000vbw.googlegroups.com... On Apr 16, 2:09 pm, "Tim Meddick" <timmedd...(a)gawab.com> wrote: > This really sounds like a simple enough problem caused by Ubuntu having re-written > the Master Boot Record (MBR). Windows will most likely still exist as it was on > it's > own partition. > > To try to rectify this, start your PC with the appropriate XP Installation cd-rom > in > the drive, and when prompted to do so, press [R] to "Repair using Recovery Console" > > When the recovery console starts, choose the Windows installation (usually by > typing > "1") and press [ENTER] > > It will then ask you for the Administrator password. Unless you have set this > differently yourself, it will not normally be set and you can just press [ENTER] to > proceed. > > Once "in" Recovery Console, type the command : FIXMBR then [ENTER] > > Then type EXIT then [ENTER] to reboot. > > This should fix it. > > If there is still a problem, repeat the above procedure to start Recovery Console > again, then type in the command : FIXBOOT C: then press [ENTER] > > then again type EXIT then [ENTER] to reboot. > > If the XP partition is still intact, then usually just following the first part of > this procedure should recover the MBR so that XP can be booted to again. > > == Thank you, Tim. Unfortunately, the Netbooks do not have an optical drive and I do not have an external disk drive into which I can put the Windows Installation Disk. I do have a Mac running Windows XP using VMWare. Is there any way to boot up in Windows on that Mac and share its optical drive with the Netbook? Put the Windows CD in the Mac's drive and use it to boot the Netbook???
From: Tim Meddick on 18 Apr 2010 15:25 Very sorry I said "...go to the Internet Caf�" in my last post, was still thinking in terms of needing a cd-rom!! (which you wouldn't do with this download and a fresh USB pen-drive) == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > < clipped > > >
From: Bob on 18 Apr 2010 22:15 On Apr 18, 3:14 pm, "Tim Meddick" <timmedd...(a)gawab.com> wrote: > If you go to your local Internet Café you will be able to download a copy of > "Recovery Console" for use with a USB drive... > > Most modern laptops / netbooks has an option to boot from a USB source. > > This download allows a USB pen-drive to boot the first part of the Windows XP > installation disk - up to the part where it asks you "Press R to repair using > Recovery Console". > > Download: "XP_Recovery_Console_on_USB.zip" (6.62 MB )http://www.4shared.com/file/t3MX2P8z/XP_Recovery_Console_on_USB.html > I downloaded the Download: "XP_Recovery_Console_on_USB.zip" (6.62 MB ) and found the ReadMe therein. It had these instructions: ****************************************** Installing the Windows XP Recovery Console on a USB Flash Drive 2009 Troy Newton Canada The following instructions will create a fast booting Windows XP Recovery Console on a USB Flash Drive (UFD). It will boot straight to the RC (no setup screen). Everything needed is included in this package. The files are Service Pack 3, this is the final version of the XP RC. 1. Insert your USB Flash Drive (UFD). 2. Run "hpusbfw.exe" - HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool 2.0.6.0 (The newer version of the HP Tool, 2.1.8.0, will not work) - Choose your UFD under "Device" - For "File system" choose "FAT" - Enter a name under "Volume label" (Maximum 11 characters) - Leave un-checked "Quick Format" and "Create a DOS startup disk" - Click "Start" 3. Run "TinyHexer.exe". From the top menu, click on 'File-->Disk-->Open drive" and select your UFD. Make sure you select the correct device! 4. From the top menu, click on 'Edit-->Find/Replace'. Tick the boxes "Find text" and "Ignore case". Enter "NTLDR" then click "Find" then "Replace". Enter "CMLDR" and tick the box "Is text" then click "Replace all". Click "Close". 5. From the top menu, click on 'File-->Save as' then browse to your UFD. Enter "USBLDR" then "Save". Close "Tiny Hexer". 6. Open the folder "UFD" and copy everything in it to your UFD. Your UFD should look like this: cmdcons boot.ini cmldr ntdetect.com ntldr usbldr 7. Defrag the UFD. That's it! Now reboot and test it. (Press F12 at boot time to get a menu to select your UFD) ***************************************************************** All went well until I arrived at Step 6: Open the folder UFD. What folder UFD? The instructions do not direct you to create a FOLDER named UFD. The UFD stands for USB Flash Drive, according to the instructions. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks.
From: Tim Meddick on 19 Apr 2010 15:44 The ZIP file contains paths within it. If you were to open the ZIP file in explorer (with XP's in-built ZIPfile shell extension) then you would see the folder structure and "UDF" within! However, your would NOT see the folder structure within if you opened the ZIPfile with WinZip or a similar program, as the folder structure is not displayed but internal paths are just listed in their own column (if chosen to be shown). TO re-create the folder structure contained within a ZIP file when "unpacking" (WinZip), you will have to checkmark the box called "Use folder names" in the "Extract to..." dialogue. Or something similar in other archiver programs. And with the command-line utility : PKUNZIP.EXE it's the [/r] switch (r=recursive): pkunzip /r "MyZipFile.zip" == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) P.S. Here is a folder / directory "tree" of the correctly un-packed archive : Root: | --------UFD | --------cmdcons | --------system32 "Bob" <girsatt(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:3e5e301d-4b87-4f51-bf05-85296f07341a(a)k11g2000vbg.googlegroups.com... On Apr 18, 3:14 pm, "Tim Meddick" <timmedd...(a)gawab.com> wrote: > If you go to your local Internet Caf� you will be able to download a copy of > "Recovery Console" for use with a USB drive... > > Most modern laptops / netbooks has an option to boot from a USB source. > > This download allows a USB pen-drive to boot the first part of the Windows XP > installation disk - up to the part where it asks you "Press R to repair using > Recovery Console". > > Download: "XP_Recovery_Console_on_USB.zip" (6.62 > MB )http://www.4shared.com/file/t3MX2P8z/XP_Recovery_Console_on_USB.html > I downloaded the Download: "XP_Recovery_Console_on_USB.zip" (6.62 MB ) and found the ReadMe therein. It had these instructions: ****************************************** Installing the Windows XP Recovery Console on a USB Flash Drive 2009 Troy Newton Canada The following instructions will create a fast booting Windows XP Recovery Console on a USB Flash Drive (UFD). It will boot straight to the RC (no setup screen). Everything needed is included in this package. The files are Service Pack 3, this is the final version of the XP RC. 1. Insert your USB Flash Drive (UFD). 2. Run "hpusbfw.exe" - HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool 2.0.6.0 (The newer version of the HP Tool, 2.1.8.0, will not work) - Choose your UFD under "Device" - For "File system" choose "FAT" - Enter a name under "Volume label" (Maximum 11 characters) - Leave un-checked "Quick Format" and "Create a DOS startup disk" - Click "Start" 3. Run "TinyHexer.exe". From the top menu, click on 'File-->Disk-->Open drive" and select your UFD. Make sure you select the correct device! 4. From the top menu, click on 'Edit-->Find/Replace'. Tick the boxes "Find text" and "Ignore case". Enter "NTLDR" then click "Find" then "Replace". Enter "CMLDR" and tick the box "Is text" then click "Replace all". Click "Close". 5. From the top menu, click on 'File-->Save as' then browse to your UFD. Enter "USBLDR" then "Save". Close "Tiny Hexer". 6. Open the folder "UFD" and copy everything in it to your UFD. Your UFD should look like this: cmdcons boot.ini cmldr ntdetect.com ntldr usbldr 7. Defrag the UFD. That's it! Now reboot and test it. (Press F12 at boot time to get a menu to select your UFD) ***************************************************************** All went well until I arrived at Step 6: Open the folder UFD. What folder UFD? The instructions do not direct you to create a FOLDER named UFD. The UFD stands for USB Flash Drive, according to the instructions. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks.
From: Carl on 20 Apr 2010 11:31
Tim - Thank you ever so much for those detailed instructions. I followed them to the letter, inserted the USB flash drive and booted the Netbook. I saw the _starting windows recovery console_, and now sit at the prompt: 1: C:\Windows Which Windoes installation would you like to log onto <To cancel, press ENTER>? Googled what to do next and discovered I should enter the numeral 1, then my admin password. I do not understand: it will not accept my admin password. I have entered it repeatedly, I am sure it is the right one, but no go. It returns _the password is not valid_. Any other options open to me??? Again, many thanks. On Apr 19, 3:44 pm, "Tim Meddick" <timmedd...(a)gawab.com> wrote: > The ZIP file contains paths within it. > > If you were to open the ZIP file in explorer (with XP's in-built ZIPfile shell > extension) then you would see the folder structure and "UDF" within! > > However, your would NOT see the folder structure within if you opened the ZIPfile > with WinZip or a similar program, as the folder structure is not displayed but > internal paths are just listed in their own column (if chosen to be shown). > > TO re-create the folder structure contained within a ZIP file when "unpacking" > (WinZip), you will have to checkmark the box called "Use folder names" in the > "Extract to..." dialogue. > > Or something similar in other archiver programs. > > And with the command-line utility : PKUNZIP.EXE it's the [/r] switch (r=recursive): > > pkunzip /r "MyZipFile.zip" > > == > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > P.S. Here is a folder / directory "tree" of the correctly un-packed archive : > > Root: > | > --------UFD > | > --------cmdcons > | > --------system32 > |