Posted July 17, 200519 yr Hi gang, I tried searching but couldn't quite find the answer to my challenge... I recently added a Maxtor 300GB HDD to my system using a PCI IDE Card. My OS (WIN XP) is on a Western Digital 80GB HDD coming off the primary socket of the MB (ASUS A7V333-X). I also have a Western Digital 150GB HDD on the same cable as the WD 80GB. Although the system works okay, after adding the 3rd HDD I now occasionally get prompts (on all my apps) that the application is not responding. Sometimes the app will kick back in (maybe after 15-30 seconds), other times I have to cntrl/alt/del to close down and start over (ARGH!). Also, the system takes a bit longer to boot up than before. I noticed that the system seems to be booting “through” the Maxtor drive. I other words, the Maxtor is listed as the primary drive (during boot up). The jumper settings on the Maxtor are set to slave, and I have gone into the MB BIOS and selected the WD 80 as the primary, but the system won’t boot when I do that. I’ve tried swapping the cables (hooking the WD80 to the card and the MX300 to the MB), but this didn’t work either. :confused: Also, I looked at the drives using Partition Magic, and the Maxtor 300 is listed as Drive 1, the WD 80 (containing the OS) is listed as Drive 2 and the other WD 150 is listed as drive 3. Any ideas on this on how I can get this resolved so the system doesn't boot "through" the MX300?
July 17, 200519 yr FPCH Admin I had to do this to fix the same problem. Copy ntldr, ntdetect.com and boot.ini from the 300G drive to the main drive ( WD drive ). Boot back up. After it boots right click my computer and select properties > adavnced > startup and recovery settings tab. At the top you'll see default operating system. You should see 2 entries. Select the option for the main drive. Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
July 17, 200519 yr Author Thanks for the response Bob. I used explorer to search for the files you referenced, but I could not find them on the 300G Drive. Perhaps I should have mention that I partioned this drive (using Partition Magic) as two seperate "drives". I'm not sure if that makes a difference. All I saw on these drives were the files that I have stored there. Should I be looking for the files you referenced in a different way?
July 18, 200519 yr Yes, you will need to uncheck "HIDE PROTECTED OPERATING SYSTEM FILES" UNDER THE FOLDERS OPTION IN THE CONTROL PANEL
July 18, 200519 yr Author Thanks phreakwars... After changing that setting, I still didn't find those files on the 300G Drive, but I did find each of them on the main 80G WD Drive. :confused: What do you guys think?
