Re: Second hard drive causing blue screen error

To reiterate; If the old drive has failed its quite possible you will not be
able to boot whilst it is connected.
This is a common problem with a failed drive, when its connected as a slave.

"Bob H" <bobandshauna@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Bob H" <bobandshauna@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have two hard drives. I was using one for storage and the other to
run
WindowsXP. I received a "blue screen" error on the Windows drive and
was unable to reboot without the error re-appearing.

I then disconnected that drive and installed windows on the other
drive
with the intention of recovering files off the first. This is where
my
issue begins. When I hook up 4-pin cord as well as the 20/24-pin
cord
the pc reboots and I get the blue screen error.

I thought that I would be able to hook up the old drive and access
files as if the drive was storage.

Is there a way I can access this drive as if it were storage? What
may
be causing the error? Are two instances of Windows XP trying to run
on reboot?

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks, Bob


"Dave B." <mail@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It is impossible for two instances of XP to attempt to boot a PC.
You probably need to go into BIOS setup and change the boot order of
the
hard drives to boot from the one with the fresh install on it. Some
BIOS's will change the primary boot hard drive if a new drive is
connected.


"Bob H" <bobandshauna@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Excuse my ignorance, but can you direct me to a site that may tell me
how
I would do this? Can can this be done without having both plugged in,
I
mean can I set a boot order without having the second connected?

thanks, Bob


Bob:
First of all, when posing questions of this nature it's always a good
idea
to give some details about the components involved and your precise
action(s) in trying to overcome the problem. For example...

1. What is the make & model of your "old" HDD, your original boot HDD
and
your previous storage HDD?
2. How were they originally connected & configured (jumpered)? I presume
they are PATA (not SATA) HDDs, right? And presumably the boot HDD was
connected to the Primary IDE channel as a Master device, yes? What about
the "storage" HDD was it connected as a Slave to the boot drive? Or
connected to the secondary IDE channel? How is it jumpered?
3. What's the make & model of your motherboard?
4. When this problem first arose, is there any clue as to why it
occurred?
Had you just made some software or hardware changes? Did it just occur
"out of the blue"?
5. After the problem arose, did you try booting to Safe Mode Options? Do
you know what this is? If not, see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222
No luck?
6. You're pretty sure your PC is free of viruses and other malware?
7. You mentioned that you disconnected the original boot HDD and then
did
a fresh install onto the "storage" (secondary) HDD. Did you reconnect
that
latter HDD or does it occupy the same position it has always had? Did
you
change the jumper setting?
9. When you installed the XP OS onto that second HDD, did the install go
without incident? No problems during the installation process? It was
only
after you completed the install and the system rebooted that you got the
BSOD?
8. In your original posting you stated "When I hook up 4-pin cord as
well
as the 20/24-pin cord the pc reboots and ...". Is there some reason
you're
mentioning your power supply connection and (I assume) your 4-pin ATX12V
power plug connection? Has there been some problem here or are you just
indicating you're powering up the computer?

Why don't you respond to the above and then we can go on if you want?
Anna
1) The "old" HDD that will not boot without going BSoD is a Western
Digital WD 800JB (WD Caviar SE), this was originally my HDD that would
boot
XP, the other HDD which I wiped and used for storage was MAXTOR D740X-6L
(MAXTOR 6L040J2 ). When the Western Digital began the BSoD I disconnected
the HDD, left only the MAXTOR which I installed XP on. Now I cannot
connect
both as I get the BSoD from the Western Digital

2) The connections are PATA, all from the same ribbon, does that answer
the question?

3) Motherboard is: ABIT http://www.abit.com.tw VT8366A-8233 (KR7A) v1.0
~
(KR7A Raid)
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 11/23/2001

4) When the problem first occurred.. I have no idea why it happened.
The
BSoD message was along the lines of "windows encountered an error, if this
is the first time reboot blah blah blah". Attempting to boot in safe mode
is no good as I get the same BSoD.

5) No luck with Safe Mode, I get the BSoD

6) The PC is virus free, regular Norton scans, three or four different
spyware scanners

7) The cable settings have changed, I disconnected the bad HDD and
installed one the good. Now hooking both up results in the blue screen.

8) The was no reason to mention the power supply other than to mention
what I was hooking up to the drive.

9) Previous to the BSOD the MAXTOR was wiped drive with nothing on it.
The Western Digital was running XP. BSOD appeared so I disconnected it
and
installed XP on the MAXTOR and disconnected the Western Digital




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