Computer Specs:
4400+ AMD X2 Dual Core Processor
EVGA nForce 4 Motherboard 133-K8-NF41-xx
2 x 1 GB DDR PC3200 400Mhz Crucial RAM
EVGA 256MB 7800GT CO SE PCI-ex
1 x 250GB IDE Maxtor HD (systemroot)
4 x 250GB SATA Maxtor HD (2 sets of striping)
600w Xfinity Power Supply
2 x DVD drives
Floppy Drive
XP Pro with all updated drivers and BIOS
The problem:
2 weeks ago I restarted my computer and I received the message, hard disk failure. I had done nothing other then a typical restart. So I started checking cables and connections and found that my IDE cable was damaged so I replaced it. Upon restarting with the new IDE cable my computer now froze during the “windows is now starting up” screen and wouldn?t move on from there. I decided to start with the bare system minimum required to run and restarted. With just the HD video card, ram and IDE drive I was able to start windows and it was fully functional. I reattached each peripheral piece by piece eventually finding out that I am able to start my computer with all parts connected except 1 RAID array (2 hds) which causes the hang up. This array holds important information that I would like to get back, so I do not want to format the drives. I have tried switching both power and SATA cables of the working drives to the non working drives, and it still hangs up. I have even tried them on another computer and the other computer boots up but the drives show up as 1of the drives with inaccessible files. I am running out of ideas. Can anyone help?