I am having a problem in that my computer stopped recognizing my second hard drive, the ?D? drive several months ago. I have checked the connections–OK, used a variety of utilities–Symantec System Works 2005, PC Mighty Max and others–No response. The drive is recognized by the BIOS on startup, giving the following symptoms, readouts etc.:
Upon starting there is a continuous CLICK – CLICK, then the memory is checked (ESC to skip). Recognizes PRI MSTR IDE HARD DRIVE – PRI SLAVE IDE HARD DRIVE;
ATAPI CDROM – SLAVE ATAPI CDROM; and then continues to load–CLICKS continue. When it has finished loading, it indicates press F1 to start, and opens windows.
Once windows has opened, no more clicks are heard, and the system works fine. It notes ERROR 1327 INVALID DRIVE D:\, and when that note is closed, it keeps trying to install Office Pro 2003 (on drive D). Closing that out, operation is close to normal. If I click on an icon on the desktop that is on drive D, it will tell me, and, clicked off, will continue.
An additional problem has been the refusal of a printer to respond to this computer. I have tried several in USB connections, but get no printouts, or recognition. This occurred about the same time as the hard drive problem, but I do not know if they are related.
I know of no action I took that would have had this result. Suggestions are welcome!
Thanks
John Baker
jbaker9845@aol.com
Tel: 540 658-0113
COMPUTER PROFILE JDB 3
FROM BELARC ADVISOR OCT 14, 2005
OS
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600
PROCESSOR
2.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
MOTHERBOARD
Board: ECS P4VXASD2+ 1.0
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T 04/02/01
DRIVES
40.01 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
24.04 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
Memorex DVD+/-RW Dual-X1 [CD-ROM drive]
OPTORITE CD-RW CW4002 [CD-ROM drive]
