🚀 go-pugleaf

I can't be bothered searching. The short answer is to set your BIOS to anly
access the disk in PIO Mode 4 i/.e. disable UDMA.


"Adam Conde" <conde@ucla.edu> wrote in message
news:959kot$kp1$1@carroll.library.ucla.edu...
> Do you know what article?  I have looked everywhere.
>
> Thanks
> Adam
>
> "Craig Hart" <chart@nospam@hyperlink.net.au> wrote in message
> news:958ggc$rsc$1@perki.connect.com.au...
> > this is a known problem - answers in the MS Knowledgebase.
> >
> > "Adam Conde" <conde@ucla.edu> wrote in message
> > news:95860v$ou1$1@carroll.library.ucla.edu...
> > > I have been trying to install Windows 2000 Professional for several
days
> > > now, and I've been having nothing but problems.
> > > I started with two Western Digital hard drives both ultra ATA/66 (I
have
> > an
> > > Abit BE6 motherboard with a built-in ATA/66 controller).
> > > Anyway I was trying to set-up a dual boot with windows 98.  I got
Win98
> to
> > > successfully install on the C: drive.  Then I tried to start the Win2k
> > > install.  I tried starting it in Win98 as a clean install not upgrade
> and
> > > this did not work.  After the system rebooted, it stalled at the blue
> > > "Starting Windows 2000" screen for over an hour.  Next I created the
> > Windows
> > > installation boot disks and tried the installation again.  Same
result.
> > > (note: I did install the drivers for my ATA/66 controller when
> prompted.)
> > > After a  while I gave up on the dual boot and wiped my hard drive
clean
> > and
> > > tried to install directly to the C: drive.  After another hang at the
> blue
> > > screen for about a half hour, the install finally began.  When
> > installation
> > > was finished windows tried to boot and it stalled at the splash screen
> for
> > > about an hour.  When I went into Windows Explorer it only recognized
the
> > C:
> > > drive and not my second hard drive.  I went into device manager and it
> > > listed both my drives here and said they were functioning properly.
> > > Under disk management it only shows my C: drive.  It should be noted
> that
> > > every time I try and check for my second hard drive my system hangs
for
> up
> > > to a half hour. There is disk activity however.
> > > Next I just removed my second hard drive and Windows booted up in a
> matter
> > > of seconds.
> > > I called Western Digital and they say it has something to do with
> windows.
> > > I spoke with a Win2k professional and he said that he has noticed
> problems
> > > with Western Digital Hard drives, so there is probably something wrong
> > with
> > > my second hard drive.  So, I went out and bought a new Maxtor HD. I
set
> > this
> > > as the master drive and the WD HD that was working, as the slave.  I
> tried
> > > to install Win2k on this new HD and the installation stalled.  The
only
> > way
> > > I could get it to proceed was by removing the WD HD.  So it can't be
> > > something wrong with my HD, can it?  Or do these Western Digital hard
> > drives
> > > not like being slaves in a Win2k environment.
> > >
> > > I've stumped a number of "experts" already and I am desperate for
help.
> I
> > > have been shuffling several thousand crucial files between these three
> > hard
> > > drives.  I need at least one of these second hard drives to work soon.
> I
> > > could go out and buy another HD that is not Western Digital, but I
need
> to
> > > be sure that this is the problem.
> > >
> > > This is where I stand right now.
> > >
> > > Maxtor HD is partitioned (FAT32) into 3 drives.
> > > drive C: has Win98.
> > > drive D: has Win 2000 Professional
> > > drive E: has 10GB of crucial files.
> > > If I plug in one of the Western Digital Hard drives as a slave the
> system
> > > stalls (yes, I do have the jumpers set properly, and my BIOS
recognizes
> > both
> > > hard drives)
> > >
> > > System info:
> > > Pentium III 500
> > > 256 MB RAM
> > >
> > > If you need more info I will be happy to provide.
> > > If anyone has any suggestions PLEASE e-mail me at the address below:
> > >
> > > conde@ucla.edu
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance...Adam
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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