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I have the following system: P4 2.4 / 1GB RAM / Win XP / DVD RW / CD RW / HDD1 250GB / HDD2 80GB. Both HDD’s are set in a removable racks so that I can swap them out i.e a ghost copy to test new software and a Linux drive. My drives are configured as follows (not sure if this is the best way): DVD and CD drives are on the same IDE cable from the Motherboard (black socket). HDD1 (master) is on the other Motherboard (blue socket). HDD2 is connected to a PCI IDE card.
My problem:
I often get a drive boot error when I turn on my PC. To get it to work, I need to take out the drive, shake it, unplug and replug the IDE cables and after several tries it seems to work; however, sometimes, the drive loses it’s connection in mid session. I have the same problem with different HDD’s so I don’t think the HDD is the problem.
I get this boot problem much less often (but I still get it) when I connect the drives directly to the IDE cable instead of through the removable rack.
Any ideas on what this could be and how I can fix it? I tried changing IDE cables.
I have the following system: P4 2.4 / 1GB RAM / Win XP / DVD RW / CD RW / HDD1 250GB / HDD2 80GB. Both HDD’s are set in a removable racks so that I can swap them out i.e a ghost copy to test new software and a Linux drive. My drives are configured as follows (not sure if this is the best way): DVD and CD drives are on the same IDE cable from the Motherboard (black socket). HDD1 (master) is on the other Motherboard (blue socket). HDD2 is connected to a PCI IDE card.
My problem:
I often get a drive boot error when I turn on my PC. To get it to work, I need to take out the drive, shake it, unplug and replug the IDE cables and after several tries it seems to work; however, sometimes, the drive loses it’s connection in mid session. I have the same problem with different HDD’s so I don’t think the HDD is the problem.
I get this boot problem much less often (but I still get it) when I connect the drives directly to the IDE cable instead of through the removable rack.
Any ideas on what this could be and how I can fix it? I tried changing IDE cables.