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What's up with my hard drive?

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JJMitchell:
In that case something you can try to see if its the hard drive is to remove your CD-Rom and hook the second HD to that IDE cable as a master.  See if it still gives you fits.

I had a ASUS board that didn't like having anything as a slave but don't think that was the model.  Its a quick test though.
If its still slow chances are its something wrong internally with the HD.

dark_15:
Replace the IDE cable (Assuming this is a PATA drive) with a spare, and check to power connector to see if it hasn't come loose.  Does the drive show up in the BIOS?

If it is still acting up, listen to the drive itself: is it making any unusual noises?  Loud clicks, or it sounds like it is constantly restarting?  If so, run a the disk diagnostic from Maxtor's webiste and back up any data you have on it.  It really sounds like you're going to need an RMA, and really soon.

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