My new HD make windows freeze during startup

[Talar]

I recently installed a second IDE harddrive and now my computer freeze during win98 startup.

If I disable the new harddrive using the cmos bios settings windows load as normal without any problem. I can also boot in "safe mode" with the HD enabled and then access it in windows.

Do anyone have a clue what I can do about this? (except reinstall windows)

 

[Crazy Eddie]

If it's on the same IDE channel as your original HD, then it could be you havn't set the jumper on the back of the new drive to "slave"

The two HDs (or CD+HD if you set it up that way) just don't like each other. Different makes, models, etc. If I slave my CDR to my DVD, the DVD doesn't work, but if I slave the DVD to my CDR, everything works fine. Try swapping them around.

If your computer is quite old, then you might be having problems with the BIOS not being able to "see" the new HD correctly.

Any luck with these?

 

[Talar]

It's HD+HD on one IDE channel. Old HD jumpered as master, new HD as slave.

I have no problem with the BIOS. Autodetection works fine.

The strange thing is that my computer can boot in safe mode and have full access to both HD:s, but when I try a normal startup everything freezes.

Do you think this could be a BIOS/jumper/hardware problem?
or is it just windows?


(PS. if I disable the new HD in CMOS windows start in normal mode just as usual, but of course without access to the new HD)

 

[Crazy Eddie]

Are they different makes, or DMA types?
It sounds like with the drives linked, Windoze can't run with DMA access. (which it don't use in safe mode)
I don't think this is an OS problem, IDE drives are supposed to be compatible with each other, but they are not always. If the drives use different modes try setting the BIOS manually so both drives are set to the same PIO/DMA modes as the master drive.
They might work if you swap them around (but needs Win reinstall) or they just might not work together at all.

 

[Talar]

I LOVE YOU EDDIE!!! (uhm.. not THAT way)

It was the DMA settings that caused the freezup. I have posted this problem in a million support/hardware forums and had no useful replies until now.

Thanks for your help, you saved me many hours of frustrationand rebooting.

 

[Crazy Eddie]

Happy to be able to help you Talar.