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Flatbeat_Eddy
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argh, remember when i said i NEVER had boot problems? well today i had the BIGGEST computer problem ive ever had, first my HD keep cutting out and crashing windows (although i didnt diagnose this at first), then i tried to use my recovery disk to reformat only to find it wouldnt work.
next i played around with BIOS for ages trying to figure out why my HD kept cutting out while reformatting
anyways, i decided maybe my TV card was doing it, so i took it out, NO LUCK. Next i tried re-arranging the HD drives, turning off one while i used the master drive,, SUCCESS.
When i reformatted and reinstalled winXP, SAME problems occured and make me guess it was a HD/hardware problem, so back i went to taking the PC apart and realised that the HD settings are wrong (master and slave werent set right!!!)
i have some questions!!!!!!
1..IF a hd is set to SLAVE, will it power down when its not being used frequently?
2. can this powerdown crash windows sometimes ( cos i think this is what was happening till i set the second drive to slave then it hasnt happened since)
next i played around with BIOS for ages trying to figure out why my HD kept cutting out while reformatting
anyways, i decided maybe my TV card was doing it, so i took it out, NO LUCK. Next i tried re-arranging the HD drives, turning off one while i used the master drive,, SUCCESS.
When i reformatted and reinstalled winXP, SAME problems occured and make me guess it was a HD/hardware problem, so back i went to taking the PC apart and realised that the HD settings are wrong (master and slave werent set right!!!)
i have some questions!!!!!!
1..IF a hd is set to SLAVE, will it power down when its not being used frequently?
2. can this powerdown crash windows sometimes ( cos i think this is what was happening till i set the second drive to slave then it hasnt happened since)