Can't install new system drive (hal.dll error)

Running XP Home sp3. My C: drive (WD 80 Gig SATA) is getting crowded so I
bought a new Seagate
SATA 500. I have cloned the old drive to the new drive first
using Ghost 9 then XXCLONE then Acronis TI all of which resulted in the
hal.dll error after
I shut down, pulled the data cable from the old drive and rebooted. Have
also tried it using Ghost full backup. Same result. Talking to computer
savvy people confirms that this is common, but no one has come up with a fix
yet.

Any ideas?

Your other thread is still active.

"Tim Hurley" <tim.hurley@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Running XP Home sp3. My C: drive (WD 80 Gig SATA) is getting crowded so I
> bought a new Seagate
> SATA 500. I have cloned the old drive to the new drive first
> using Ghost 9 then XXCLONE then Acronis TI all of which resulted in the
> hal.dll error after
> I shut down, pulled the data cable from the old drive and rebooted. Have
> also tried it using Ghost full backup. Same result. Talking to computer
> savvy people confirms that this is common, but no one has come up with a
> fix
> yet.
>
> Any ideas?
>