Posts by SOURIN

Did you try it out yourself?

SB

The problem also could have been because of a drive letter conflict. this happened to me some time back. I could see the USB drive in other computers but not on my work computer (I previously was able to use it on that computer. but then I added some network drives and later when I tried the USB drive, it did not show up in My computer).

Took me quite a while to figure this stoopid issue out, and then I went to Computer Management and changed the drive letter. only then did it show up.

Hope I've helped.
Visor

Yes, I had the same problem while displaying the ext. HDs in My Computer,
and used the same method to change the drive names after booting.

The allocation of drive designations is still a mystery - specially, in connection
with OS installation with more than one physical hard drive. For example:
logical C:,D:,E:,F: and G:,H:,I:,J: with OSs in D: and G: (dual boot). Windows
forces G: to become E:, but I want to name it (physical drive 1, partition 1)**
G: and not E:. One can not change the designation of a booting partition
afterwards. The D: in the preceding line is physical 0, partition 2. It appears
that there is only an empirical (try and see) solution. No one understands what
is going on, except perhaps the MS Gurus with no time to spare or explain.

Also, bigger …

Do you have a back up copy of the error free OS drive? I would
try restoring it.

I got this message when I tried to upgrade my HD using Norton
GHOST 2003. Experience has taught me to always keep a backup
and use dual boot OS (preferably different e.g. XP and W2k). So I
booted from the 2nd OS (2nd physical HD), deleted the GHOST copy,
restored the files from the back-up, and the message disappeared
on booting.

SOURIN

Hi
I am running WIndows XP Professional SP1 and my Hard disk had bad blocks on it so I imaged it to a new hard disk. Now I can only boot it up in Safe Mode fully as if I do a normal start it gives me a message "Windows Product Activation" "A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license for this computer . Error Code : 0x80004005"
I have tried running a repair using the XP Pro CD however when it gets to the Enter the 25 digit key it comes up with Invalid key.
I am unsure if it was originally an Upgrade version, Volume licensed version or a full version. Is there any way of telling ?
Cheers