help : two hard drive problem

[peter]

hi there,

i have a p4, 2.5Ghz, 256MB PC2100, 6GB and 160GB HD.

The 6GB HD came from my old computer. I am sure that all
the HD are good. My computer freezes when i try to
access the bigger hard drive. It only happens when i am
loading a lot of files like viewing my pictures. So i
upgraded to 512MB PC3200, exchanged the board with new
one. I didnt if it was the memory or a faulty board but
the overall performance gets a boost and it stoped
freezing.

However it happened again when i tried to install winamp
onto the 160GB HD while havin WinXP on the 6GB one.

Do MS not recommand installing OS on one HD and programs
on another?

thanks

Pete

 

[Rich Barry]

Peter, it could be your Memory Settings in the Bios, your Power Supply, Is
it at least 300W? Did you replace the Motherboard and if so do a clean
install of WinXP?