Well just recently I went to install a CD/DVD drive, and the previos configuratoin was as follows:
40 gb HDD secondary IDE channel Master
160 gb HDD primary IDE channel master
ATI Radeon 3870
Pentium D 3.0 ghz
1.5 gb RAM
630 watt PSU
Vista home basic 64bit on my 40 GB HDD
then i hooked up my CD/DVD drive and the configuration was exactly the same but my CD DVD drive was in slave spot under my 160 GB HDD, i started the comp and the drive was not detected, and windows did not start, when i got past the bios screen, my light that shows my hard drive is working was constantly on and nothing was happening. so i removed the CD/DVD drive and got the same result. and after trying many configurations and attemtps to fix it i reinstalled windows vista 32bit. and i re plugged my 160 GB HDD, when windows went to start, it took a little longer than normal to begin loading windows, then it took 6 or 7 minutes before the loading bar dissapeared, but then i got a black screen and nothing, and again the hard drive light was constantly on. so i turned it off and unplugged the data cable and retried many times and have had no success. I really don't know what is going on, before it stopped working i had used it literally 5 minutes before. any suggestions would be much appreciated
thanks for the help
Edit: also the drive that vista is now on is my 40 GB HDD and the 160 GB HDD is the one that is having the problems. Also i have tested this HDD in another computer and recieved the same result, except on his computer windows did not even begin to load
40 gb HDD secondary IDE channel Master
160 gb HDD primary IDE channel master
ATI Radeon 3870
Pentium D 3.0 ghz
1.5 gb RAM
630 watt PSU
Vista home basic 64bit on my 40 GB HDD
then i hooked up my CD/DVD drive and the configuration was exactly the same but my CD DVD drive was in slave spot under my 160 GB HDD, i started the comp and the drive was not detected, and windows did not start, when i got past the bios screen, my light that shows my hard drive is working was constantly on and nothing was happening. so i removed the CD/DVD drive and got the same result. and after trying many configurations and attemtps to fix it i reinstalled windows vista 32bit. and i re plugged my 160 GB HDD, when windows went to start, it took a little longer than normal to begin loading windows, then it took 6 or 7 minutes before the loading bar dissapeared, but then i got a black screen and nothing, and again the hard drive light was constantly on. so i turned it off and unplugged the data cable and retried many times and have had no success. I really don't know what is going on, before it stopped working i had used it literally 5 minutes before. any suggestions would be much appreciated
thanks for the helpEdit: also the drive that vista is now on is my 40 GB HDD and the 160 GB HDD is the one that is having the problems. Also i have tested this HDD in another computer and recieved the same result, except on his computer windows did not even begin to load
