Re: Seagate 200GB SATA Hard Disk in Winxp Pro sp2....problem...

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Frankie, try moving the PCI SATA Card to a different PCI slot. Don't
connect the drive until you have the driver loaded for
the card. Make sure it shows up in Device Manager. No yellow marks next
to it.
"Frankie" <Frankie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> My problem is that, I bought a new 200GB SATA hard disk. My motherboard is
> no
> built-in SATA connector, therefore I bought a PCI I/O SATA with RAID card.
> I
> installed the driver, windows xp can recognise the hard disk, but cannot
> format the hard disk.
>
> I tried many software, even the software from official hard disk website.
> While I format my hard disk, system hang, can't move....must press RESTART
> button for reboot.
>
> At last, I tried to go into safe mode, it works perfectly. It can be
> formatted. No problem at all.
>
> Now here is my problem, while I transfer files to the new hard disk under
> normal windows mode. It HANG again.... need restart....press restart
> button.
>
> So I have to go back safe mode transfer the files.....
>
> I thought is the operating system got problem, so I format
> windows....reinstall....
> then.....same problem....sad...
>


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