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Problem with New 250GB Hard Drive
I'm personally running 2 250gb drives on my PC. I used Windows XP to format
them and I've not encountered any problems. I did have problems initially when installing them as I had the jumpers set to cable select rather than master/slave. The only other thing that I can think of is the ribbon cables themselves. Try replacing them. Its possible that they are damaged or defective, or it might be a 40 pin cable when you need a 80 pin cable (I have no idea how to tell them apart other than the 80 pin cables tend to have a blue connector). Other than that, I'm afraid I'm out of ideas. Dave wrote in message oups.com... Dave, Until WinXP SP2 I was using 160gb/200gb/250gb on three different computer other tha "C:" drive and had no problems Some where "D:" but most where "F:" and "G:" connected to Promise.com pci ATA drive controller. However after SP2 found I only had 130gb of new 160gb hard drive using Disk managment in Winxp for partition/format Took the same drive to old machine that I haveyet to update to SP2 and it partitioned/formatted correctly. Existing 200GB and 250GB hard drive on computers that I just updated to SP2 seemed ok and disk managment reported about 200gb and 250gb so I thought they where ok. However I am finding out I am getting corrupted data as I got over 110gb in usages on large drives. I have done everything suggested with no success. New motherboard/CPUs/ide ATA pci boards as well with no success. Currently I put aside any drives over 120gb and using two brand new 200gb drives to test partition/format and data storage read/write over 160gb. Result: can't use in winxp SP2 computer no mater what fix I apply. Anybody please HELP!!! Thanks, Ray Dave wrote: On the drives themselves, what are the jumpers set to? I just did a similar install and experienced no problems once I correctly set the master/slave settings on the HDs. Also, what version of XP do you have running? home? pro? no sp (format limit of 137gb) SP1? SP2? ( no format limits) Dave "Gary" wrote in message ... Non booting......... Is the Master drive fitted to the end of the Ribbon cable and the slave connected to the mid point connector? In this case, jumper both drives to CS or Cable select, set drives to Auto detection in the BIOS. Make sure you have Both or all EIDE channels to be available in the BIOS. Double check the connectors, make sure the ribbons are the right way around. The red trace or other than the main colour on the ribbon should be close to the power connector. I would be wary of using WD tools on a Seagate drive for example, the geometry for the two drives are radically different. "NoneOfBusiness" wrote in message ... On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:32:56 -0500, "Art" wrote: "Adolfo" wrote in message ... OK, this is throwing me for a loop. I recently (a month ago or so) installed a new 250GB Hard Drive as the Master device on EIDE 1. That install went fine and everything worked perfectly, leading me to believe that there were no ATAPI issues with the large Hard Drive size. OK, now yesterday I installed another 250GB Hard Drive as the Slave device on the same EIDE channel (EIDE 1). This is where the problems start. If I format the new drive as a 250GB Hard Drive, the computer will not boot ("Error Reading From Disk" or some such error). If, however, I let the Western Digital tools limit the drive to 137GB when it gets formatted, the computer boots and everything works fine. Is it possible to run into an ATAPI problem with one device on the EIDE channel and not the other? Is there a combined Hard Drive size limit that I am not aware of? I tried a few things, even partitioning the new Hard Drive into 2 125GB partitions and got the same results. I even booted and, once Windows came up, reformatted the new Hard Drive as a 250GB Hard Drive. When I did this, everything seemed to be fine (I could see the drive, write to it, read from it, and it looked like another valid 250GB Hard Drive) until I restarted the computer - then it wouldn't boot again and I had to reformat back to 137GB. Any ideas? Adolfo continues... I use the Western Digital tools to format. Both drives have 1 big partition (nothing fancy here) and I am not forcing drive letters - I let WinXP assign drive letters. The bootable drive is Master (primary) on the EIDE cable and the other drive (the one with the problem) is Slave (secondary) on the same cable. Bootable drive is C: and other drive is D:. Both drives are 250GB drives and the bootable drive is formatted as such and works fine. When the other drive is formatted as such, all of a sudden neither drive can be read and the system will not boot. Only when the other drive is formatted as a 137GB drive (or smaller), is the computer operable again. "R. C. White" wrote: Hi, Adolfo. I'm amazed and disappointed that many users still, nearly 5 years after it was introduced in Win2K, have not found Disk Management. At the Run prompt, type: diskmgmt.msc This is the proper tool to use in WinXP for all disk and partition project - except for the System Partition (and, if different, the Boot Volume). Use this to delete all existing partitions on the new drive and create one or more new ones, then format it. (SNIP) "Adolfo" wrote in message ... So, if I try this and get the same results (not sure why I wouldn't), then the computer will NOT reboot and I will be forced to use the Western Digital tools anyways. I'll try it tonight, but I'm not completely sure you are visualizing the problem. For more background, this new 250GB hard drive is replacing a Western Digital 100GB hard drive (formatted with exact same tools - 1 big partition again) that was working as expected. Adolfo. Adolfo: Just to make sure I (and perhaps others) correctly understand your problem... 1. You installed a 250 GB HD as your boot drive and there's no problem with that HD booting and the system recognizing the full capacity of that disk, right? 2. You then installed another 250 GB HD (Western Digital) presumably as a data or backup disk. 3. Using the WD utility, you partitioned/formatted the second HD (single partition of 250 GB) and apparently that process went without incident. However, when both drives are connected, the system will not boot. 4. If you partition and format that second drive (again using the WD utility) but limit the partition to 137 GB or less, the system will boot and the second drive is recognized without any problem. 5. Then you say you partitioned and formatted that second drive with two 125 GB partitions, booted up and reformatted that drive (presumably using XP's Disk Management utility) into a single 250 GB partition and the system apparently recognized the full capacity of that disk. But when you attempted to boot, the system refused to do so. If any of the above is significantly incorrect, please set us straight. It's a puzzle all right Adolfo. Here's a few thoughts... 1. You didn't indicate the make of your primary HD. If it's a Western Digital, make sure that its jumper setting is set to Cable Select, or if a non-CS configuration, that it's set to Dual (Master). WD drives are unusual in that they have this Single jumper setting which many users forget to change when they add another IDE device on the same cable. 2. Check the pins on your second HD to determine if there are any bent or otherwise deformed or even missing pins. I recently ran into just that kind of situation where a HD acted erratically until we determined the problem was with one of its deformed connecting pins. 3. Ensure that the jumper setting on your second HD is correct and make sure the cable connection is properly seated. BTW, R. C. White's recommendation that one should use XP's Disk Management utility to partition/format one's HD is a good one. It's a tried & true program, designed to work flawlessly in an XP environment, and relatively easy to use. In my opinion it should be used in lieu of formatting utility provided by the HD manufacturer. In addition to the command mentioned by R. C. White, you can also access the DM utility through Start right-click My Computer Manage Computer Management Disk Management. Art I can think of a few things as well. 1)Master/Slave Jumper settings correct between the drives or are you using cable select? 2) Different brand/model drive from your other 250? I ask because there have been times in the past where i had a Maxtor and WD and they had problems together on the same chain. If that is the case, put the other drive on your secondary controller? |
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