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**Panama Red** · 04-26-2005, 03:54 PM

Can you try the hard drives on separate IDE cables? Maybe disconnect the CD/DVD drives temporarily and make each a master on separate cables. If that doesn't work, it may be time to download the hard drive makers diagnostic utility and run a check on that 98 drive.

04-26-2005, 03:54 PM	#10
Panama Red Served with Pride Staff Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: near the left coast of Michigan Posts: 14,565	Can you try the hard drives on separate IDE cables? Maybe disconnect the CD/DVD drives temporarily and make each a master on separate cables. If that doesn't work, it may be time to download the hard drive makers diagnostic utility and run a check on that 98 drive.