Problem with booting up in XP on dual OS computer.
I presently have a homemade system, Giga EP-45-UD3P motherboard, Q9550 processor,
4 gb high speed DDr2 ram, 9800gt video card. 600 watt power supply. Slightly over clocked at 3.5 ghz. Same problem even at native processor speed
1st hard drive is a 1 TB Samsung main hard drive partitioned into four parts;
three 80 GB partitions, last one the remainder. All partitions are primary.
First partition is XP. Second partition is Vista ultimate. Third partition is for future operating system, presently used as storage. Fourth partition is storage only.
All operating systems are 32-bit.
All drives are set up with a 5 GB swap file in its own partition, and a 5 GB swap file on the first partition of the second hard drive.
System was set up loading XP first, followed by Vista in second partition. Clean installs, no crashes during set-ups
Second hard drive is 250 GB, first partition 10 GB used as swap, 3 80 GB partitions used for storage 1, 2, and 3. balance one large partition where I keep my drive images. ( 5 partitions )
Third hard drive is 500 GB. Used for movie storage and backups of second hard drive 80 GB storage partitions. Is 1 large partition
Two CD/DVD burners.
All drives and CD burner are SATA, using AHCI, on integrated Intel controller
Primary drive is device one, two hard drives are device three and four,
two CD drives are devices five and six
Have removable hard drive tray for hard drive one. Not really a tray, is actually an insert device.
I have had no problems with this device, does not lose connections as removable hard drive trays used to do after a few months.
Also, have a hard drive bay attached to the gigabyte controller, which I can use to transfer or play movies
Also all were set up using SATA/AHCI ..
I also have image backups of my original install for both operating systems, one a week later with most programs installed, and one that I makeup and update approximately every two weeks for both operating systems. ( C. and D. partitions ) all backups were made using easeUS todo backup, then verified with the same program
I also have a 750 GB drive partitioned pretty much as the 1st hard drive, Western Digital black.
Am using C drive with Windows 7 ultimate, 64-bit, the other partitions are storage.
System had been running smooth for at least 3 months. Now I have a problem.
With all three hard drives connected, when I boot up in XP 90% of the time I get a blue screen as it starts to load XP.
If I remove the second two hard drives, it always boots up. As it blue screens and crashes before loading, I do not get any mini dumps that I can look at. Once loaded with 1 hard drive, system runs smoothly in XP.
I don't have this problem with Vista ( can have all 3 drives in) or with Windows 7. ( removed HD 1, Replaced with 750 gb drive with Win 7)
Both Vista & Win7 boot up consistently with all 3 hard drives and run smoothly. Did not have this problem for three months, Xp worked correctly for the first three months.
Restored last two images to both C. and D. partitions, makes no difference. Still operates the same way. This is even after I go into XP and eliminate the second swap file on the second hard drive.
Loaded XP image with two other hard drives removed, so I could boot up in XP without crashing or blue screen.
Made a copy of XP image to fourth partition of the first hard drive and verified it with ease US prior to reloading image
Tried using latest bcd beta build, loaded but crashed after deleting windows xp os entry while trying to rebuild. Reloaded version 1.7.2, worked o.k.
I have assorted images of my drives & can access drives by "mounting" ease image, if
that helps...
HELP !!!!!!
I'm no expert, but I do have a basic knowledge of computers and am not afraid to try something new. Also, I have images I can always go back to..
Open to suggestions...... thanks.........
I presently have a homemade system, Giga EP-45-UD3P motherboard, Q9550 processor,
4 gb high speed DDr2 ram, 9800gt video card. 600 watt power supply. Slightly over clocked at 3.5 ghz. Same problem even at native processor speed
1st hard drive is a 1 TB Samsung main hard drive partitioned into four parts;
three 80 GB partitions, last one the remainder. All partitions are primary.
First partition is XP. Second partition is Vista ultimate. Third partition is for future operating system, presently used as storage. Fourth partition is storage only.
All operating systems are 32-bit.
All drives are set up with a 5 GB swap file in its own partition, and a 5 GB swap file on the first partition of the second hard drive.
System was set up loading XP first, followed by Vista in second partition. Clean installs, no crashes during set-ups
Second hard drive is 250 GB, first partition 10 GB used as swap, 3 80 GB partitions used for storage 1, 2, and 3. balance one large partition where I keep my drive images. ( 5 partitions )
Third hard drive is 500 GB. Used for movie storage and backups of second hard drive 80 GB storage partitions. Is 1 large partition
Two CD/DVD burners.
All drives and CD burner are SATA, using AHCI, on integrated Intel controller
Primary drive is device one, two hard drives are device three and four,
two CD drives are devices five and six
Have removable hard drive tray for hard drive one. Not really a tray, is actually an insert device.
I have had no problems with this device, does not lose connections as removable hard drive trays used to do after a few months.
Also, have a hard drive bay attached to the gigabyte controller, which I can use to transfer or play movies
Also all were set up using SATA/AHCI ..
I also have image backups of my original install for both operating systems, one a week later with most programs installed, and one that I makeup and update approximately every two weeks for both operating systems. ( C. and D. partitions ) all backups were made using easeUS todo backup, then verified with the same program
I also have a 750 GB drive partitioned pretty much as the 1st hard drive, Western Digital black.
Am using C drive with Windows 7 ultimate, 64-bit, the other partitions are storage.
System had been running smooth for at least 3 months. Now I have a problem.
With all three hard drives connected, when I boot up in XP 90% of the time I get a blue screen as it starts to load XP.
If I remove the second two hard drives, it always boots up. As it blue screens and crashes before loading, I do not get any mini dumps that I can look at. Once loaded with 1 hard drive, system runs smoothly in XP.
I don't have this problem with Vista ( can have all 3 drives in) or with Windows 7. ( removed HD 1, Replaced with 750 gb drive with Win 7)
Both Vista & Win7 boot up consistently with all 3 hard drives and run smoothly. Did not have this problem for three months, Xp worked correctly for the first three months.
Restored last two images to both C. and D. partitions, makes no difference. Still operates the same way. This is even after I go into XP and eliminate the second swap file on the second hard drive.
Loaded XP image with two other hard drives removed, so I could boot up in XP without crashing or blue screen.
Made a copy of XP image to fourth partition of the first hard drive and verified it with ease US prior to reloading image
Tried using latest bcd beta build, loaded but crashed after deleting windows xp os entry while trying to rebuild. Reloaded version 1.7.2, worked o.k.
I have assorted images of my drives & can access drives by "mounting" ease image, if
that helps...
HELP !!!!!!
I'm no expert, but I do have a basic knowledge of computers and am not afraid to try something new. Also, I have images I can always go back to..
Open to suggestions...... thanks.........
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