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Secondary Hard drive Problems
Name: bobibrown Date: December 11, 2006 at 03:27:40 Pacific OS: windows xp pro CPU/Ram: 3GHz/ 512
Comment:
Hi,
i have just installed a new hard drive 250GB to go with my 80GB. i have set up my documents on the secondary hard drive (250GB)..
my problems is when i go to play movie clips or transfer files to and from the hard drives it becomes very distorted..
i then have to copy the file directly to my primary drive to watch any movie clips which is becoming rather annoying! it also seems to effect the sounds quality when playing of music through itunes.
I'm running the primary hd by itself and the secondary hd and dvd rom together off the one cable. I've double checked the DMA settings and they seem all fine.
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: December 11, 2006 at 09:49:41 Pacific
Reply:
The physical connection shouldn't matter unless the actual cable is bad. Perhaps there's a problem with the drive itself.
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Response Number 2
Name: Bigzam12 Date: December 12, 2006 at 16:48:06 Pacific
Reply:
I would say the cable or hard drive is bad. Unless your computer is having problems reading it for some reason. Try reformatting it maybe. Does it slow down copying files to it?
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Response Number 3
Name: bobibrown Date: December 13, 2006 at 00:10:00 Pacific
Reply:
Yeah, it runs fun when playing music from it but when i go to do something else, it doesn't like it @ all.. i might try a new cable.. thanks for your help guys.. will try all suggestions and hopefully one of them will work.
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