error 0x80090006

[Mike Paneth]

My disk started to fail, so I got a new one and used
Partition Magic to copy the two partitions from the
failing disk to the new disk.

I then changed drive assignments so that the new disk had
the correct drive assignments. I removed the old disk &
booted with just the new drive. I got to the login
screen, but when I logged in i got the following error

"A Problem is Preventing Windows from Accurately Checking
the License for this Computer - 0x80090006"?

THe system then logs me off, back to the login screen.

Same thing happens in safe mode.

Any help please.

Mike Paneth

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[mikey]

taking your error number "0x80090006" and using it for a google search produces some interesting results.

might try it.

 

 

mike...@cox-internet.com

 

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[Tony Marston]

I know this problem, and I know the solution. I originally had WinME on the
a fast 27GB drive and XP on a slower 6GB drive. Because they were on
different drives each OS thought it was on drive C: when it was booted, with
the other OS partition appearing as drive D: When I swapped the two OS's
over so that XP was on the faster drive I encountered the dreaded license
error 0x80090006. I discovered that XP was recognising its drive letter as D
instead of C, so that when it looked for its system files on the C drive it
couldn't find any because that drive letter now contained the WinME files.

This is because Win2K/XP keeps track of what drive letter has been assigned
to a partition by disk signature and where the partition starts on the hard
drive. If it finds a partition that matches this information it will assign
that drive letter to the partition (regardless of the file system). Any
additional partitions will then be assigned the next unused (meaning it
hasn't been mapped at this booting) drive letter and added to its list. This
can cause problems to arise in the following situations:
- A bootable Win2K/XP partition is duplicated and the original partition is
in the MBR at the time the duplicated partition is booted.
- You slide or move a bootable Win2K/XP partition and another partition is
added or moved to start where the bootable Win2K/XP partition was.

The method I used to clear the disk signatures was to run BootItNG then do
the following:
- Enter the Work with Partitions Dialog.
- Clicking the correct hard drive.
- Clicking the "View MBR" button
- Clicking the "Clear Sig" button
- Clicking the "Apply" button.

When I next booted XP it correctly recognised its drive letter as C: and so
found the license information. I did not have to do a repair installation,
or a reformat/reinstall.

You can get a trial version of BootItNG from www.bootitng.com

Tony Marston

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