Re: Issue ~ Sata NTFS Drive Issue


<tomwesnick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Recently purchase a sata drive for additional storage for my pc.
However Windows XP sp2 is having problems with it. If I boot the os
in safe mode with minimal features selected, I'm able to format a
partition on the drive restart the machine and log in successfully.
However if I boot in safe mode with network features turned on with
the previously formatted partition the system becomes unstable. (blue
screen of death) So I believe the features that get booted in network
versus minimal are causing my problem. Is there an application that
will tell me exactly what gets loaded so that I can compare the two
and narrow down the root cause of the problem. (possibly drivers
associated with my onboard network card, etc) Thanks.

Asus P4P800se
2 IDE drive --- Main PATA
2 CD/DVDs -- Secondary PATA
1 SATA --- on board SATA controller


tomwesnick:
Setting aside the problems you enumerate concerning booting through Safe
Mode...


It would really help if you would explain clearly what precisely is the
problem you experience when you undertake a normal boot of your system as it
affects the situation your SATA HDD. I take it one of your PATA HDDs is the
boot drive and your SATA HDD is being used as a secondary HDD, right?

I'm assuming - since you didn't indicate otherwise - that the system
recognizes the SATA HDD and a drive letter has been assigned to it. Is that
correct? And the drive has been properly partitioned & formatted, yes?

Are you indicating that there's a BSOD problem when you attempt to access
the contents of your SATA HDD during a normal bootup?

Is this a new problem or one that's always existed since you installed the
SATA HDD?

Are you certain that you've properly connected & configured the SATA HDD in
your system? You've reviewed your motherboard's user guide or manual to
determine that all BIOS settings are correct insofar as they pertain to the
SATA HDD? Any chance a SATA controller driver issue may be involved?

Think there's any chance the SATA HDD may be defective? Have you checked it
out with the HDD diagnostic from the disk's manufacturer?
Anna


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