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My previously working setup was as follows
- 40Gb HD (master) with XP on one NTFS partition
- 120 GB HD (slave) for storage only with two NTFS partitions and 51
GB unallocated space
During an attempt of formatting the remaining 51 GB on the latter HD
into a new NTFS volume using Windows XP's disk management, the
computer froze completely (incl no access to task manager).
On reboot of computer, the HD LED is constantly on and I can hear
activity from an HD, and it takes 5 mins+ to get to a message telling
me that the system failed to boot (please insert boot media).
Physically removing the 120GB HD IDE cable and power supply solves the
problem, and everything is as before - less deserately needed storage
space!
What may have gone wrong, and is there anyway it can be fixed?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Sincerely,
Bjarte Sorensen
My previously working setup was as follows
- 40Gb HD (master) with XP on one NTFS partition
- 120 GB HD (slave) for storage only with two NTFS partitions and 51
GB unallocated space
During an attempt of formatting the remaining 51 GB on the latter HD
into a new NTFS volume using Windows XP's disk management, the
computer froze completely (incl no access to task manager).
On reboot of computer, the HD LED is constantly on and I can hear
activity from an HD, and it takes 5 mins+ to get to a message telling
me that the system failed to boot (please insert boot media).
Physically removing the 120GB HD IDE cable and power supply solves the
problem, and everything is as before - less deserately needed storage
space!
What may have gone wrong, and is there anyway it can be fixed?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Sincerely,
Bjarte Sorensen