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zovat · 23-05-2005, 20:57

update - sorry for not letting you know sooner - it was indeed the PSU...
New 550W PSU - and not one problem since..

I have since added a second SATA drive - and still working great...

I do have a new question though - so I figured I'd save opening a new thread.

I had my drives set as raid 1 - I have now undone this, and done a low level format of on drive - I want to install Linux (SuSe Pro 9.2) on it.

I cannot see it in windows to format is, but I can se it throught the H/W settings..

all I want to know is how I can be absolutely certain which drive is currently being used as the "c" drive, then I will format the other using the linux DVD.

I have checked in the h/w setting of the drive, and the only thing that appears to be different is that one has the "enable this device" option available and the other does not...

I believe that the one that has the available option is the now blank drive, and therefore should format that one - but as my wife has some data on the drive that she has not backed up I do not want to mess it up..

and help gratefully received as always..

23-05-2005, 20:57	#21
zovat Inactive Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bracknell Age: 56 Services: NTL Telephone 3M Broadband - CM Sky TV Posts: 1,246	Re: Strange goings on with a SATA drive on XP update - sorry for not letting you know sooner - it was indeed the PSU... New 550W PSU - and not one problem since.. I have since added a second SATA drive - and still working great... I do have a new question though - so I figured I'd save opening a new thread. I had my drives set as raid 1 - I have now undone this, and done a low level format of on drive - I want to install Linux (SuSe Pro 9.2) on it. I cannot see it in windows to format is, but I can se it throught the H/W settings.. all I want to know is how I can be absolutely certain which drive is currently being used as the "c" drive, then I will format the other using the linux DVD. I have checked in the h/w setting of the drive, and the only thing that appears to be different is that one has the "enable this device" option available and the other does not... I believe that the one that has the available option is the now blank drive, and therefore should format that one - but as my wife has some data on the drive that she has not backed up I do not want to mess it up.. and help gratefully received as always..