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mattebrown
So I am pretty tech savvy, but I seem to have reached my knowledge limit.
Maybe someone out there can help??? I built my home computer years ago,
buying all the cards and devices separately and put the thing together myself
– so I know the system pretty well. It is SCSI based.
I originally started using Windows ME – then got the upgrade disk to XP.
Later downloaded SP 2 and have kept the system up to date constantly through
the Windows update feature.
The SCSI hard drive I originally put in was 36 Gigs. The drive is getting
old, and I need more space, so I got myself a new hard drive (73 Gig) and
bought an OEM version of windows XP – yes, I skipped Vista). This is only
because my original ME disk would come back with an error during the
formatting of the new hard drive – so I just said the heck with it, and got a
new FULL version of XP.
I installed the new hard drive, put Windows XP full version in the drive and
it started up. Windows formats the hard drive, then automatically reboots
(all is well at this point) then the system restarts, does POST (which
recognized the hard drive), and then nothing but black screen comes up. The
hard drive has stopped spinning, and the little green light under the drive
is OFF.
All my bios and drivers are up to date. I can easily reconnect my old hard
drive and it starts up perfectly. I put back in the new drive, and each time
I try to use the current Windows formatting, or format it again, it always
hangs in the same place and I cannot get Windows to work.
Can anyone advise me??? PLEASE!
Old Hard Drive: Quantum Atlas 10K II 36 gig Ultra 160 SCSI
New Hard Drive: Fujitsu 3735 73.5 Gig Ultra 160 SCSI
SCSI Card: Adaptec 29160 Ultra SCSI Controller
Mother Board: K8 Triton GA-K8NSC-939
Maybe someone out there can help??? I built my home computer years ago,
buying all the cards and devices separately and put the thing together myself
– so I know the system pretty well. It is SCSI based.
I originally started using Windows ME – then got the upgrade disk to XP.
Later downloaded SP 2 and have kept the system up to date constantly through
the Windows update feature.
The SCSI hard drive I originally put in was 36 Gigs. The drive is getting
old, and I need more space, so I got myself a new hard drive (73 Gig) and
bought an OEM version of windows XP – yes, I skipped Vista). This is only
because my original ME disk would come back with an error during the
formatting of the new hard drive – so I just said the heck with it, and got a
new FULL version of XP.
I installed the new hard drive, put Windows XP full version in the drive and
it started up. Windows formats the hard drive, then automatically reboots
(all is well at this point) then the system restarts, does POST (which
recognized the hard drive), and then nothing but black screen comes up. The
hard drive has stopped spinning, and the little green light under the drive
is OFF.
All my bios and drivers are up to date. I can easily reconnect my old hard
drive and it starts up perfectly. I put back in the new drive, and each time
I try to use the current Windows formatting, or format it again, it always
hangs in the same place and I cannot get Windows to work.
Can anyone advise me??? PLEASE!
Old Hard Drive: Quantum Atlas 10K II 36 gig Ultra 160 SCSI
New Hard Drive: Fujitsu 3735 73.5 Gig Ultra 160 SCSI
SCSI Card: Adaptec 29160 Ultra SCSI Controller
Mother Board: K8 Triton GA-K8NSC-939