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insanity99 · 06-17-2008, 10:21 AM

hey everyone,

ive installed and formatted a new 260gb IDE Hdd as a slave and when i try to access the files on it windows explorer crashes within a metter of moments.

Jumpers are correctly on, not using cable select or anything. Using 40 IDE cables.

the drive is on the same ribbon as the master drive, with the middle of the cable plugging into my motherboard.

Not sure what motherboard it is, got Win XP sp2, loads of memory, and I have no problems if I disable and unplug the drive and reboot my pc as if I never bought the drive...

any ideas? Im reasonably inexperienced in these things but was confident enough to attempt it and succeed (ie i think its a software thing...)

help!

Insanity99

06-17-2008, 10:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
insanity99 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3 OS: XP sp2	new slave drive crashes explorer!! hey everyone, ive installed and formatted a new 260gb IDE Hdd as a slave and when i try to access the files on it windows explorer crashes within a metter of moments. Jumpers are correctly on, not using cable select or anything. Using 40 IDE cables. the drive is on the same ribbon as the master drive, with the middle of the cable plugging into my motherboard. Not sure what motherboard it is, got Win XP sp2, loads of memory, and I have no problems if I disable and unplug the drive and reboot my pc as if I never bought the drive... any ideas? Im reasonably inexperienced in these things but was confident enough to attempt it and succeed (ie i think its a software thing...) help! Insanity99