OS conflicts??

[jlowell]

I installed a new HD and win2k p. I then slaved my old HD which still has win 98se on it so I could access my data.

I didn't think I could run any programs on my old HD but there are a few I tried and can run which I did briefly just out of curiosity.

About a week later my comp started running very slow and I could hear the HD writing and humming almost non stop for quite a while. Eventually the letters on my screen became non letters...just jumbled marks....then froze up. I re-booted and then the computer would never get past the loading windows....just re-start. Over and Over.

I eventually gave up looking for driver conflicts and reformatted my drive and reloaded win2k

Did I screw it up by running some of the programs on my old drive? Or does it sound like maybe a driver conflict? I know I need to update some of my drivers.

[K A Hall]

yeah some of the programs will work that way, but it will eventually mess up the other install. If it is working ok after the format/reinstall then that is what caused the problem you had.

[jlowell]

thought it must be the problem. I have had it happen twice several days after accessing my old hard drive and running one of the old programs.

Screwed it up twice....formatted twice. )

thanks, J