I just bought a new SATA Hard Drive and as soon as I plug it in, I restarted my computer. Normally, it takes around 30 seconds to hit the Windows XP log in screen, but after putting in my SATA HD, it will Hang on a black screen for about 4-6 minutes before it goes to the Windows XP loading screen. I thought perhaps it would be a problem with the drive not being partitioned yet (I don't know why that would be an issue though anyway), so I partitioned it and restarted, but still the same problem.
When I unplug the SATA drive, it boots up quickly, normally, but when it is plugged in, it starts hanging again.
To add to this, i can boot into linux perfectly, normally, without any hanging or delay. This only occurs with windows. So I guess it also means that it is a problem occuring AFTER the bootloader.
I have a DVD burner plugged into my Primary IDE Master (nothing on Primary Slave), A 60 GB Seagate on Secondary IDE Master, and 80 GB Seagate on Secondary IDE Slave, and a 250 GB Seagate on a PCI Interfaced IDE Controller. The SATA drive is 300 GB Seagate plugged into the top of two SATA ports (if that matters).
Any suggestions?
PS: I CAN write to and read from the HD.
When I unplug the SATA drive, it boots up quickly, normally, but when it is plugged in, it starts hanging again.
To add to this, i can boot into linux perfectly, normally, without any hanging or delay. This only occurs with windows. So I guess it also means that it is a problem occuring AFTER the bootloader.
I have a DVD burner plugged into my Primary IDE Master (nothing on Primary Slave), A 60 GB Seagate on Secondary IDE Master, and 80 GB Seagate on Secondary IDE Slave, and a 250 GB Seagate on a PCI Interfaced IDE Controller. The SATA drive is 300 GB Seagate plugged into the top of two SATA ports (if that matters).
Any suggestions?
PS: I CAN write to and read from the HD.