Well thanks for that info. However I decided to re-install XP because
at the time there were no responses to this thread. Now I have another
problem....Everytime I start to format the drive at about 72% the
computer just decides to shut down....no messages no nothing, it will
be formatting and then will just shut down. Any idea?
doesnt sound like you are having much success at all
First of all i would remove all the hard drives (just unplug SATa or ATA
cable)
then put the drive in that you wanna format
try to format it with windows XP setup
then once you have XP installed and loaded switch off PC unplug master cable
from XP drive and insert it into the other drive. Now install Windows 200
get it loaded up and working
Now put win 2000 as on secondary cable have the drive jumpers on the back
set as slave.
put XP drive on main primary cable (same cable just different pins) then set
the jumpers on the back as master
re boot the system, enter setup (BIOS) by tapping delete as soon as u switch
the machine on, you get the blue screen
select the drive with XP on as first boot device
re boot, you might be asked which to boot from anyhow, choose XP (you know
it was working before when it was by itself from the installtion when the
drive was in alone) if it doesn't boot, try to boot windows 2k
if it boots then fine if not then you have a problem somewhere,
try swapping win2k drive with winxp as primary and slave (remember drive
jumpers)
try win2k drive without winXP and vise versa just to verify OS is working
if its all not working as it should then maybe you should consider just
having one or the other, why you want two windows OS's i dont know, if it
were linux/unix and windows i could understand.
if you still cannot format the drive then there maybe a drive problem, try
running some diagnostic software which many manufacturers offer for free
check drive manufacturer website
good luck, when PC's are like this they are chores not nice
hth
