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> Thanks to everyone that tried to help with my hard drive problems.
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> The actual problem was "none of the above" of all our solutions.
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> What was the problem?
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> The way Windows XP handles errors with drives.
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> Go to this site and see what the problem and
> solution are. In fact, you might want to bookmark the site
> for your own use, since this 'feature' might happen to anyone
> here using WinXP.
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But it was under 98..never in XP, bizarre. Hey, i DID say check IDE controller...gimme props yo! =P