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Guest
After 6 months with this configuration and everything working just fine, my
system now suddenly locks up VERY shortly after clicking on any XP login icon
-- using two Maxtor 120GB SATA HD's; Win XP Pro; and, CA's EZ Armour security
stuff.
The empirical evidence is that there is something wrong with the second hard
disk, which I used for important data (tax stuff, etc) and large files
(video, etc.). This is what I've done:
(1) Thinking the problem was with the OS on the 120GB SATA boot disk, I
borrowed a brand new 100GB ATA drive from my sister-in-law that she had
bought to hopefully fix a lightening strike on her old PC (NG... too many
other problems), and formatted and loaded the OS onto it.
(2) This new ATA boot disk works fine, both alone and with the original
120GB SATA boot disk, yet it fails when used with the original 120GB SATA
data disk -- i.e., it produces the same "lock-up" that the SATA/SATA combo
does.
(3) Thinking that the problem might be with the on-board SATA disk
controller, I just happened to have handy a SATA expansion controller card,
so I disconnected the motherboard SATA stuff and set up to use the expansion
controller -- got the same results.
My question is -- How can a data drive "suddenly" start locking up the whole
system ???
Harry
system now suddenly locks up VERY shortly after clicking on any XP login icon
-- using two Maxtor 120GB SATA HD's; Win XP Pro; and, CA's EZ Armour security
stuff.
The empirical evidence is that there is something wrong with the second hard
disk, which I used for important data (tax stuff, etc) and large files
(video, etc.). This is what I've done:
(1) Thinking the problem was with the OS on the 120GB SATA boot disk, I
borrowed a brand new 100GB ATA drive from my sister-in-law that she had
bought to hopefully fix a lightening strike on her old PC (NG... too many
other problems), and formatted and loaded the OS onto it.
(2) This new ATA boot disk works fine, both alone and with the original
120GB SATA boot disk, yet it fails when used with the original 120GB SATA
data disk -- i.e., it produces the same "lock-up" that the SATA/SATA combo
does.
(3) Thinking that the problem might be with the on-board SATA disk
controller, I just happened to have handy a SATA expansion controller card,
so I disconnected the motherboard SATA stuff and set up to use the expansion
controller -- got the same results.
My question is -- How can a data drive "suddenly" start locking up the whole
system ???
Harry