re: New Hard Drive is in! But I have questions
Friday, June 10, 2005 at 6:41 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Single_Tasker
(15 messages posted)
Hi Folks,
Thanks. Everything worked great for a few days. The new HDD is the master. We run
IE. Windows is now locked up with a persistant pop up
"Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module OLE32.DLL at 0167!7ff2La32".
I'll start a new thread... hope you can help.
Thanks,
Bill
On Saturday, June 4, 2005 at 11:44 pm, gewg_ wrote:
>|When I try to launch any of the programs in the old HD I get errors
>|Is this because the old HD has a goofed up OS?
>| Bill (Single_Tasker)
>|
>If the OS is screwed up, who's to say the apps aren't as well.
>OTOH, you could have hit it, 1st guess.
>
>
>|When I dragged and dropped a couple of programs over to the new HD
>|and opened them from the new HD I get errors.
>|
>OK, Windows 101:
>
>When some Windoze programs install, they make changes to the Windows Registry.
>The Registry is the master database
>where Windows keeps lots of settings about where things are
>and how it expects stuff to act.
>
>More advanced OSes (e.g., UNIX) keep these things in individual scripts
>(one per app).
>
>As stuff in installed (and uninstalled--especially if that process goes badly),
>the Registry gains cruft.
>A nice fresh Registry is a nice thing to have.
>
>Installs can also put ancillary files in places other than C:\Program Files.
>
>The apps could be missing Registry data
>or they could be missing drivers (in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM or C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32).
>There could be stuff in C:\WINDOWS\Application Data of the old HDD
>that the app is looking for on the new HDD.
>The possibilities are legion.
>
>
>|If I use the clone disk that came with my HD (Western Digital)
>|and copy everything to my new HD,
>|will all my former desktop icons show up on my new desktop
>|
>Probably.
>
>|so I can launch the programs
>|
>Perhaps.
>As I said in a previous post, on a Windoze system
>(if you have the install disks) a FRESH install is ALWAYS prefered.
>"Clone" typically means dupe EVERYTHING;
>If, instead, it allows you to selectively copy over the data files, do that.
>I definately wouldn't try to "clone" a HDD with a damaged OS.[1]
>
>|and get the files out that are buried in them?
>|
>Buried in who??
>You should be able to back up files
>without the app that is typically used to open that type of file.
>Files is files.
>
>
>|Should I erase all the windows files in the old HD before cloning
>|so they don't try to run in the new HD and screw up the OS in the new HD?
>|
>If your software doesn't do a selective backup (copy)
>and you don't want to drag & drop from one disk to another,
>that sounds like a fall-back plan to me.
>Let's see if anybody disagrees.
>
>
>|Should I drag and drop the 2 missing OS files
>|from the new to the old as a windows repair
>|and just boot up the old HD to get to all my old files?
>|
>With a brand new HDD in hand,
>I see no advantage to that--only prospective problems.
>Once the data is backed up, you can tinker with the old drive
>--no harm, no foul.
>
>
>|Yikes... This stuff is complicated.
>|
>Yup.
>As I said, UNIX does the Settings thing a whole 'nother way;
>the Registry was a M$ idea--a bad idea IMO.
>
>
>[1] BTW, while you're copying files between disks,
>seriously consider making backups to CDs--at least 2 copies of all data.
>(Think: data corruption.)
>
>In addition, there's an old saying:
>Backups aren't backups until they're off-site.
>(Think: fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, burglary.)
>2nd location: safety deposit box, work, relative's house.
>
>
>[2] I've been around this stuff long enough
>that HD to me means a High Density floppy and HDD is a Hard Disk Drive.
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