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[BuddyC]

Whenever I connect my 160 GB Seagate to my system, it causes Windows to hang at load and somehow corrupts ntoskrnl.exe. Once I was able to make my way into Windows and verified that all my data was still intact on the second drive, but then the system froze - no dialog, no warning, just a straight up freeze.

I'm confident it's a hardware problem, but I don't know how to fix or identify it. I've tried jumper settings, different cables, putting then on different IDE channels...nothing seems to work. They're both SeaGate Barracudas - the main drive is an 80 GB, the other 160 GB.

 

[DarienA]

What Bios are you currently running on this thing? What Make/model PC, what OS?

People start providing this damn info up front so we don't have to ask!

 

[BuddyC]

Windows XP Pro SP2
Home-built PC, running an Athlon 2200 XP on a SOYO KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum mobo, BIOS ver. 2AA9 (Dated 12/24/03, the latest revision), 1 GB RAM.

It's the system freezes that make me think it's a hardware thing, well, that and the part where I tried to install XP with both drives attached and the first time I couldn't delete or create files on the HD, while it froze up halfway through the second time.

 

[SpoonyBard]

Could be as simple as power supply running out of power when two HD's are installed...

 

[DarienA]

Windows XP Pro SP2
Home-built PC, running an Athlon 2200 XP on a SOYO KT333 Dragon Ultra Platinum mobo, BIOS ver. 2AA9 (Dated 12/24/03, the latest revision), 1 GB RAM.

It's the system freezes that make me think it's a hardware thing, well, that and the part where I tried to install XP with both drives attached and the first time I couldn't delete or create files on the HD, while it froze up halfway through the second time.

That's a pretty weird one Buddy.... I have zippo clue-o.. hopefully somebody else does.

 

[BuddyC]

I have no clue either...and neither does Google. It's been going on since October, but I really didn't care since I had a laptop. At that point, all I cared about was syncing up my iPod every once in a while. But since my laptop's mobo just died...

And really, this wouldn't be such an issue if all of my music wasn't on the other drive. Well, that and the part where I'd like to know why my nice 160 GB is on its way to becoming a glorified doorstop.

Spoony, could you elaborate on the power supply issue a bit? I really doubt that's the case but I'd be interested to hear any potential solutions you may have - I've got an Antec TRUE 380 PSU.

 

[SpoonyBard]

Well I don't know... maybe there's sometthing wrong with your PSU, and some voltages begin to drop when the second HD is connected, resulting errors when the system is writing to the HD. You could try removing your CD/DVD drives and extra PCI cards and check if the system works better then.

 

[Hero]

Jesus, something like this just happened to my Dell Dimension 8100.

I bought a 160 GB Seagate drive and had it set up as the slave drive for media and what not. I take it home after downloading the essentials at a friends house and suddenly the system isn't turning on correctly. It won't even load up BIOS or anything, and I think my Maxtor 80GB one just got fried somehow.

 

[Blatz]

Just a thought...Is it possible that the hard drives are formatted to different file systems, i.e. NTFS vs. FAT32? I don't know if that could cause it, but it came to mind.

Either way.... go to www.protonic.com and ask your question. They will tell you what's up...and it's free!

 

[alejob]

The file systems don't make a difference, Have you tried booting from a floppy and running some disc check utilities?

 

[BuddyC]

Well I don't know... maybe there's sometthing wrong with your PSU, and some voltages begin to drop when the second HD is connected, resulting errors when the system is writing to the HD. You could try removing your CD/DVD drives and extra PCI cards and check if the system works better then.

I've already removed both optical drives so that I could put the HD on a different channel :/

Thanks Blatz, I'll check there. And no, I haven't run any disk check utilities on the second HD...for one I don't know where to find them. I've never encountered a faulty drive that interferred with the data on another like this before, but I guess there's a first for everything. Any programs you recommend?

 

[Jotaro]

I never could install my new Seagate 200 gigs HDD, I fiddled for hours with the damn jumpers, it would never boot anything. I stick with my current configuration

C, is a Western Digital 20 gigs partition
D, is Pioneer DVR-108
E, is same Western Digital HDD with the remaining 20 gigs as a partition
and the rest is virtual drives and my Seagate 120 gigs HDD


I lost so much time with it, I think one day I will go with a slim, silent external USB 2.0 enclosure. :lol