Hi Tracy and everyone who responded,

I was able to successfully Ghost the drive this weekend. Thanks!

As I recall my previous experience, after I had initially Ghosted the drive, I left it in the computer and re-booted the computer to see if the ghost had taken place and to check the files. That was the problem. When the computer started, it marked the Ghosted drive as D:\. Of course, when I shut down and switched the Ghosted drive to the C:\ drive, the computer would not allow me to log in because of the drive letter issue.

This time, immediately after I Ghosted the drive, I took the original C:\ drive out of the computer and booted from the Ghosted drive. It worked perfectly.

Thanks again for your help.

TFISHER

>Hi Terry,
>I ghosted my XP Pro system using Ghost 2003 successfully. There is information on Symantec's website regarding the XP licensing issue after ghosting that you should read.
>
>Some other information that may be pertinent:
>
>
>Microsoft's Knowledge Base provides a fix to reset the default security provider within Windows XP by deleting the following keys in the Windows registry:
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>HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers
>HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers
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>And, to reset the drive letter of the system drive, by using one of the following methods:
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>undo the action that changed the drive letter of the system drive.
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>If you can access the registry editor, update the drive letter for the changed system drive in the Windows Registry by locating the following registry key
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>HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Defaults\Provider
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>and change the drive letter in the ImagePath value setting to match the new drive letter for the system drive.
>
>from:
>http://www.infinisource.com/features/backup-windowsxp2-pf.html
>and
>http://www.infinisource.com/features/backup-windowsxp1-pf.html
>
>also:
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>http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBJ/tip4600/rh4684.htm
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>http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/8f7dc138830563c888256c2200662ecd/3d6a5cc65db847ff882567660055560f?OpenDocument&sone=ghost_2003_tasks.html&stg=3&prod=Norton%20Ghost&ver=2003%20for%20Windows%202000/NT/Me/98/XP&base=http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/ghost/&next=ghost_2003_contact_tscs_other.html&src=sg&pcode=ghost&svy=
>
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I am running Windows XP Professional. I have a 20GB C drive. I would like to install a new 80GB C drive. I tried to use Symantec Ghost 2003 to clone the drive; unfortunately, I received an error about Windows Product Activation when I tried to boot from the new drive.
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>>The cloning process appeared to go without a problem. The computer booted OK from the new drive and went to the password signon screen. When I entered my password and hit enter, I received the following error:
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>>"A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license for this computer. Error Code: 0x80090006."
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>>I called Microsoft and they basically said that Ghosting was not a good idea - that it caused more problems that it was worth - etc., etc. They recommended a complete re-install of software to the new drive.
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>>I would prefer not to have to re-install everything. Does anyone have any "positive" experience Ghosting a C drive? If so, I would appreciate a small step-by-step tutorial. If not, please let me know and I will set aside some time for the software re-install.
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>>Thanks,
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>>TFISHER