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| Thread ID: 135735 | 2013-12-06 00:23:00 | Formatting problem | jupiter1 (2578) | Press F1 |
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| 1361843 | 2013-12-06 00:23:00 | Hi Team, Here is a weird one for you. I have a desk top comp with a P4-2.53 and 2 Gb DDR 400 ram which I am trying to resurrect. There are 2 HDD’s. a 40Gb Segate and a 80 Gb Maxtor. I can format (fast and/or full) both HDD's successfully. I can install Win 2K Pro on either HDD and all works perfectly. I can install Win XP Pro on the Maxtor and it still works perfectly. When I try to install Win XP Pro on the Segate I get to the “select partition” to use question where the machine shuts down, (powers off). I have only one HDD in the comp at a time. I can not power on again until I disconnect the power to the computer from the wall socket. I have swapped out the PSU, Ram, Video card and all cables. All un-necessary hardware has been removed. Both Win 2k and Win XP are genuine MS products with license and product key. I guess that the Segate could be problem but why would it work OK under Win 2k Pro ? Any ideas guys ? |
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| 1361844 | 2013-12-06 01:28:00 | Is the Seagate IDE or SATA? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1361845 | 2013-12-06 02:06:00 | Is the Seagate IDE or SATA? Both IDE |
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| 1361846 | 2013-12-06 02:09:00 | Whats the model of the seagate?? It may need a firmware update or something | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1361847 | 2013-12-06 02:34:00 | Whats the model of the seagate?? It may need a firmware update or something ST3408 10A It's had win xp running on it in the past OK. |
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| 1361848 | 2013-12-06 03:59:00 | Tried another IDE cable / the other IDE connector on the mobo? To see if that works? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1361849 | 2013-12-06 04:20:00 | Tried another IDE cable / the other IDE connector on the mobo? To see if that works? Yep, done both of those. |
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| 1361850 | 2013-12-06 05:01:00 | Have you got the jumper correct? Not set to some size limit mode? Maybe you need to look for a BIOS update for your motherboard. It may be some kind of bug between the Seagate and IDE controller in Windows XP only. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1361851 | 2013-12-06 05:48:00 | Have you got the jumper correct? Not set to some size limit mode? Maybe you need to look for a BIOS update for your motherboard. It may be some kind of bug between the Seagate and IDE controller in Windows XP only. This HDD has been working with XP for a couple of years for business and private use. I got a laptop recently for private use and formatted the segate HDD to use for business only. A fresh install of XP worked for a while but then stopped working whilst restoring my business data. With this in mind it is unlikely to be a bios or jumper problem as I haven't interfered with either of them. I wouldn't know how too ! Could either be changed by the system or software ? If so how do I check them ? Cheers, |
jupiter1 (2578) | ||
| 1361852 | 2013-12-06 05:52:00 | Remember, the segate HDD works fine with win2k pro but not winxp. Both win2k and win xp work ok on the maxtor drive |
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