Hey guys, I hope you can help me out here. Just had my old laptop(Compaq workhorse) bite the bullet for the last time. I was able to harvest the HD from it and what I'm trying to do is load the XP Pro system from that HD onto a freshly created partition on my newer laptop which has Vista SP-1 on it. I used EaseUS Partition Master Pro to create a new primary partition, and was able to load the image of the drive there. I DL'ed and installed EasyBCD 1.7.2 and when that got me as far as creating the boot options on start-up( and my first error: 0xc000000f) I came to the site looking for help. I read about EasyBCD 2.0 and the files NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM, so I DL'ed the newer version and installed it. I created my new entry and let EasyBCD detect and place those files in their respective positions(C:\) and tried a reboot.
The boot option screen comes up , I select XP Pro and I get the message screen;
Windows failed to start. A Hardware or Software change might be the cause.
1.) Install the Windows install disc and restart the computer
2.) Choose language and click next.
3.) Click repair computer
file: \NTDLR
status: 0xc0000007b
info: selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt
EasyBCD is selecting C:\ as the drive to boot to XP Pro( located in G:\) which I read was not unusual, yet I located both of those files(NTLDR & NTDETECT.COM) in the XP Pro partition when it was loaded. I can't seem to find them in C:\ drive. I could be lookig=ng in the wrong places though.
Questions;
1.) The copy of XP Pro was SP-3 so that shouldn't have a problem with being out of date, correct?
2.) If the copy of the drive I installed is not going to work, I have a mirror copy made with Acronis True Image. Would that help in any way or form?
I don't have the original OS disc, and I can't remember a computer manuf. supplying them since back to WIN 98 SE, so I'm SOL there. And Vista is just not going to play nice with a few of the programs I use quite frequently(Surprise there, huh?), so I really need to get an operating computer with XP on it. Any ideas would greatly be appreciated.
Sorry about being so long winded here, but being a troubleshooter myself in the electrical field, I know that the more info exchanged, as opposed to "it's Broken! fix it." the better you can understand the situation. Thanks for your time.
The boot option screen comes up , I select XP Pro and I get the message screen;
Windows failed to start. A Hardware or Software change might be the cause.
1.) Install the Windows install disc and restart the computer
2.) Choose language and click next.
3.) Click repair computer
file: \NTDLR
status: 0xc0000007b
info: selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt
EasyBCD is selecting C:\ as the drive to boot to XP Pro( located in G:\) which I read was not unusual, yet I located both of those files(NTLDR & NTDETECT.COM) in the XP Pro partition when it was loaded. I can't seem to find them in C:\ drive. I could be lookig=ng in the wrong places though.
Questions;
1.) The copy of XP Pro was SP-3 so that shouldn't have a problem with being out of date, correct?
2.) If the copy of the drive I installed is not going to work, I have a mirror copy made with Acronis True Image. Would that help in any way or form?
I don't have the original OS disc, and I can't remember a computer manuf. supplying them since back to WIN 98 SE, so I'm SOL there. And Vista is just not going to play nice with a few of the programs I use quite frequently(Surprise there, huh?), so I really need to get an operating computer with XP on it. Any ideas would greatly be appreciated.
Sorry about being so long winded here, but being a troubleshooter myself in the electrical field, I know that the more info exchanged, as opposed to "it's Broken! fix it." the better you can understand the situation. Thanks for your time.