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    Maxtor OneTouch prevents booting

    = "delayed write failure"-bug -> solved Ok, got a way around this problem, too. Luckily, just before trying to reinstall XP, I found out that this problem is called the "delayed write failure"-bug on English OSs. Although it is a highly common XP bug, it has never been adressed by MS. I...
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    Maxtor OneTouch prevents booting

    XP doesn't allow ANY hardware changes anymore Bloody hell, the problem turned out to be much more severe than I thought :( XP works fine, but ONLY as long as I don't change anything about the hardware. I just installed a new graphic board (HIS 9800 AIW). It works just perfectly under 98. XP...
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    Maxtor OneTouch prevents booting

    The XP problem is solved, finally. After the described writing errors at start up sometimes even occurred with the external HD being disconnected, I decided to install an older image of XP. During the first start after doing that, nearly each partition of my internal drive was full of system...
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    Maxtor OneTouch prevents booting

    Thanks a lot for all your replies! I'm not home right now, so I cannot try the suggestions, but I will as soon as I am home and I will let you know whether it works. Under XP it works properly, if I do it like this, except that it doesn't show up in Explorer or "My Computer". I have to create...
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    Maxtor OneTouch prevents booting

    Hi! Recently, I bought Maxtor OneTouch 250 GB external HD, but ran into some serious problems to get it work. I have to OS installed on my PC,Win98SE and WinXP, booting controlled by the bootmanager of WinXP. In Win98, I get as far as installing the Storage Adapter Bridge Modul (MXO), while...
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