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Replaced (cloned) my HD, booted up (almost) first try. Everything seems to

work except SR is not working. I reviewed several of the posts on this

subject, and they suggest a couple of methods of rebuilding the sr file that

require you to insert the SP2 CD. I believe they are looking for the sr.sys

file.

 

I do have the Windows SP2 disc, however, I keep getting the error message

"file not found"

 

Agent Ransack can't find sr.sys on the CD either.

 

What to do?

 

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Reinstalled SP2 - no joy

Dave

 

"Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message

news:uimvTULBJHA.5316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Replaced (cloned) my HD, booted up (almost) first try. Everything seems

> to work except SR is not working. I reviewed several of the posts on this

> subject, and they suggest a couple of methods of rebuilding the sr file

> that require you to insert the SP2 CD. I believe they are looking for the

> sr.sys file.

>

> I do have the Windows SP2 disc, however, I keep getting the error message

> "file not found"

>

> Agent Ransack can't find sr.sys on the CD either.

>

> What to do?

>

> Dave

>

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Re: System Restore not working in Cloned HD - can't find sr.sys fileon SP2 CD

 

Dave wrote:

> Reinstalled SP2 - no joy

> Dave

>

> "Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message

> news:uimvTULBJHA.5316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Replaced (cloned) my HD, booted up (almost) first try. Everything seems

>> to work except SR is not working. I reviewed several of the posts on this

>> subject, and they suggest a couple of methods of rebuilding the sr file

>> that require you to insert the SP2 CD. I believe they are looking for the

>> sr.sys file.

>>

>> I do have the Windows SP2 disc, however, I keep getting the error message

>> "file not found"

>>

>> Agent Ransack can't find sr.sys on the CD either.

>>

>> What to do?

>>

>> Dave

>>

>

>

 

You probably need to do a Windows Repair Install (not a reinstall of SP2).

 

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

 

sr.sys ought to be in %WINDIR%\system32\drivers. A copy should also be

in %WINDIR%\ServicePackFiles\i386 and possibly an older copy in

%WINDIR%\$NtServicePackUninstal$.

 

If you really want to get it from the Windows XP install CD, you need to

search for "sr.sy_" (without the quotes). You'll then need to use the

"Expand" command in order to uncompress it and copy it to the desired

location.

 

How to expand Windows XP files from the installation disk

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888017

 

--

Lem -- MS-MVP

 

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Guest MAP

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Dave wrote:

> Replaced (cloned) my HD, booted up (almost) first try. Everything

> seems to work except SR is not working. I reviewed several of the

> posts on this subject, and they suggest a couple of methods of

> rebuilding the sr file that require you to insert the SP2 CD. I

> believe they are looking for the sr.sys file.

>

> I do have the Windows SP2 disc, however, I keep getting the error

> message "file not found"

>

> Agent Ransack can't find sr.sys on the CD either.

>

> What to do?

>

> Dave

 

Ditto, the same thing happened to me recently when I cloned my new HD,my

solution was to format the new HD and clone it again...it worked just fine.

 

--

Mike Pawlak

Guest Dave

Guest Dave

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Thank you Lem

and thank you Mike, I just can't make myself reclone the whole thing, I'll

see if I can get into bigger trouble first :-)

 

OK Lem, bear with me - I'm very close to being in over my head here -

 

Anyway, I found sr.sy_ and got it expanded. However, the expanded version

came out with the same name - I was expecting something like sr.sys What

do I do with the expanded sr.sy_ ?

 

BTW - I forgot to mention, on boot I get a black screen which asks which

operating system do I want - "Windows (default)" or "Windows (default)"

This screen brings back memories, but not how to get rid of it. Any

suggestions?

 

Thanks again all -

Dave

 

 

"Lem" <lemp40@unknownhost> wrote in message

news:%23Hl2J8LBJHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Dave wrote:

>> Reinstalled SP2 - no joy

>> Dave

>>

>> "Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message

>> news:uimvTULBJHA.5316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> Replaced (cloned) my HD, booted up (almost) first try. Everything seems

>>> to work except SR is not working. I reviewed several of the posts on

>>> this subject, and they suggest a couple of methods of rebuilding the sr

>>> file that require you to insert the SP2 CD. I believe they are looking

>>> for the sr.sys file.

>>>

>>> I do have the Windows SP2 disc, however, I keep getting the error

>>> message "file not found"

>>>

>>> Agent Ransack can't find sr.sys on the CD either.

>>>

>>> What to do?

>>>

>>> Dave

>>>

>>

>>

>

> You probably need to do a Windows Repair Install (not a reinstall of SP2).

>

> How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install

> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

>

> sr.sys ought to be in %WINDIR%\system32\drivers. A copy should also be in

> %WINDIR%\ServicePackFiles\i386 and possibly an older copy in

> %WINDIR%\$NtServicePackUninstal$.

>

> If you really want to get it from the Windows XP install CD, you need to

> search for "sr.sy_" (without the quotes). You'll then need to use the

> "Expand" command in order to uncompress it and copy it to the desired

> location.

>

> How to expand Windows XP files from the installation disk

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888017

>

> --

> Lem -- MS-MVP

>

> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Guest Lem

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Re: System Restore not working in Cloned HD - can't find sr.sys fileon SP2 CD

 

Just rename the expanded file to the proper name.

 

As to the other problem, it sounds as if you didn't clone the disk

properly and now have two copies of Windows on the same disk. I'm

sorry, but I don't have time today to deal with the several

possibilities that might be behind this. If System Restore doesn't

help, and you don't want to do a Windows Repair Install as I suggested

previously, I suggest that you start a new thread about this new topic.

 

 

 

Dave wrote:

> Thank you Lem

> and thank you Mike, I just can't make myself reclone the whole thing, I'll

> see if I can get into bigger trouble first :-)

>

> OK Lem, bear with me - I'm very close to being in over my head here -

>

> Anyway, I found sr.sy_ and got it expanded. However, the expanded version

> came out with the same name - I was expecting something like sr.sys What

> do I do with the expanded sr.sy_ ?

>

> BTW - I forgot to mention, on boot I get a black screen which asks which

> operating system do I want - "Windows (default)" or "Windows (default)"

> This screen brings back memories, but not how to get rid of it. Any

> suggestions?

>

> Thanks again all -

> Dave

>

>

> "Lem" <lemp40@unknownhost> wrote in message

> news:%23Hl2J8LBJHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Dave wrote:

>>> Reinstalled SP2 - no joy

>>> Dave

>>>

>>> "Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message

>>> news:uimvTULBJHA.5316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>> Replaced (cloned) my HD, booted up (almost) first try. Everything seems

>>>> to work except SR is not working. I reviewed several of the posts on

>>>> this subject, and they suggest a couple of methods of rebuilding the sr

>>>> file that require you to insert the SP2 CD. I believe they are looking

>>>> for the sr.sys file.

>>>>

>>>> I do have the Windows SP2 disc, however, I keep getting the error

>>>> message "file not found"

>>>>

>>>> Agent Ransack can't find sr.sys on the CD either.

>>>>

>>>> What to do?

>>>>

>>>> Dave

>>>>

>>>

>> You probably need to do a Windows Repair Install (not a reinstall of SP2).

>>

>> How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install

>> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

>>

>> sr.sys ought to be in %WINDIR%\system32\drivers. A copy should also be in

>> %WINDIR%\ServicePackFiles\i386 and possibly an older copy in

>> %WINDIR%\$NtServicePackUninstal$.

>>

>> If you really want to get it from the Windows XP install CD, you need to

>> search for "sr.sy_" (without the quotes). You'll then need to use the

>> "Expand" command in order to uncompress it and copy it to the desired

>> location.

>>

>> How to expand Windows XP files from the installation disk

>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888017

>>

>> --

>> Lem -- MS-MVP

>>

>> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.

>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

>> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

>

>

 

--

Lem -- MS-MVP

 

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Guest Dave

Guest Dave

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Thanks much - I'll do that

Dave

 

"Lem" <lemp40@unknownhost> wrote in message

news:OdGl2dTBJHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Just rename the expanded file to the proper name.

>

> As to the other problem, it sounds as if you didn't clone the disk

> properly and now have two copies of Windows on the same disk. I'm sorry,

> but I don't have time today to deal with the several possibilities that

> might be behind this. If System Restore doesn't help, and you don't want

> to do a Windows Repair Install as I suggested previously, I suggest that

> you start a new thread about this new topic.

>

>

>

> Dave wrote:

>> Thank you Lem

>> and thank you Mike, I just can't make myself reclone the whole thing,

>> I'll see if I can get into bigger trouble first :-)

>>

>> OK Lem, bear with me - I'm very close to being in over my head here -

>>

>> Anyway, I found sr.sy_ and got it expanded. However, the expanded

>> version came out with the same name - I was expecting something like

>> sr.sys What do I do with the expanded sr.sy_ ?

>>

>> BTW - I forgot to mention, on boot I get a black screen which asks which

>> operating system do I want - "Windows (default)" or "Windows (default)"

>> This screen brings back memories, but not how to get rid of it. Any

>> suggestions?

>>

>> Thanks again all -

>> Dave

>>

>>

>> "Lem" <lemp40@unknownhost> wrote in message

>> news:%23Hl2J8LBJHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>> Dave wrote:

>>>> Reinstalled SP2 - no joy

>>>> Dave

>>>>

>>>> "Dave" <djbahb@dcwis.com> wrote in message

>>>> news:uimvTULBJHA.5316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>>> Replaced (cloned) my HD, booted up (almost) first try. Everything

>>>>> seems to work except SR is not working. I reviewed several of the

>>>>> posts on this subject, and they suggest a couple of methods of

>>>>> rebuilding the sr file that require you to insert the SP2 CD. I

>>>>> believe they are looking for the sr.sys file.

>>>>>

>>>>> I do have the Windows SP2 disc, however, I keep getting the error

>>>>> message "file not found"

>>>>>

>>>>> Agent Ransack can't find sr.sys on the CD either.

>>>>>

>>>>> What to do?

>>>>>

>>>>> Dave

>>>>>

>>>>

>>> You probably need to do a Windows Repair Install (not a reinstall of

>>> SP2).

>>>

>>> How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install

>>> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

>>>

>>> sr.sys ought to be in %WINDIR%\system32\drivers. A copy should also be

>>> in %WINDIR%\ServicePackFiles\i386 and possibly an older copy in

>>> %WINDIR%\$NtServicePackUninstal$.

>>>

>>> If you really want to get it from the Windows XP install CD, you need to

>>> search for "sr.sy_" (without the quotes). You'll then need to use the

>>> "Expand" command in order to uncompress it and copy it to the desired

>>> location.

>>>

>>> How to expand Windows XP files from the installation disk

>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888017

>>>

>>> --

>>> Lem -- MS-MVP

>>>

>>> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.

>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

>>> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

>>

>>

>

> --

> Lem -- MS-MVP

>

> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

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