Is it a HDD problem.

I bought a 160gb SATAII Seagate HD a couple of months back, b4 that i had a 40gb ATA. my pc used to perform perfectly with 40gb now that i have added a 160 gb it seldom freezes. my winxp sp2 is in 160gb and win vista is in 40gb. when i boot vista from 40gb it gives no problem but when i boot win xp from 160gb it freezes. i have noticed it freezes particularly while i am transfering huge data from 1 partion to another, copying a dvd to hdd, also while installing new games to it. these days it freezes just when the os (winxp) loads up with that blue progress bar displaying.
i canot figure out wats happening, any suggestions would be highy appreciated. pls help
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hey guys pls help me.

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is there any fault in your partitions.make new...

how will i now if there is any fault in my partitions?

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Plz make new partitions....if u r new,then read this article: *support.microsoft.com/kb/255867/

any other suggestions, pls tell me wat partitions do i make, i have 160gb sataII and 40gb ata.

it is definitely a hdd error, i've same hdd(160gbsataII)...while booting every time CHKDSK scans drv D, dunno y

there are tools like livecds for Linux released by hdd manufacturers like seagate etc seatools...try running those diagnostics to verify that u got a goood hdd.
is avail from theya website.

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Can we use SATA and ATA same time in one PC?

sysfilez said:
I bought a 160gb SATAII Seagate HD a couple of months back, b4 that i had a 40gb ATA. my pc used to perform perfectly with 40gb now that i have added a 160 gb it seldom freezes. my winxp sp2 is in 160gb and win vista is in 40gb. when i boot vista from 40gb it gives no problem but when i boot win xp from 160gb it freezes. i have noticed it freezes particularly while i am transfering huge data from 1 partion to another, copying a dvd to hdd, also while installing new games to it. these days it freezes just when the os (winxp) loads up with that blue progress bar displaying.
i canot figure out wats happening, any suggestions would be highy appreciated. pls help
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hey guys pls help me.

Please post your system configuration

techtronic said:
Please post your system configuration

Asus A8N-E, Athon 64 3500+, Nvidia 7600GS, Transcend 400Mhz 512DDR, Antec Sonata with TruePower 380W PSU, Creative SB Live Card5.1, Pinnacle 50i TV Tuner Card, Sony DRU 820 DVD Writer, Seagate 160gb SATAII and 40gb ATA.