HardDrive is a Maxtor 200GB SATA
AMD Athlon X2 3800+
MSI Mobo.
This is a weird one, and here are the syptoms so far:
1. BIOS detects the HD.
2. Bootable Linux detects the HD.
3. When booting Windows XP, gives list of safe mode, last good config, etc.
4. Choose to boot normal, just auto reboots after a short while.
5. Boot in safe mode, asks to press Esc to cancel loading SPTD.sys, I press Esc and I think it reboots or hangs, either way, can't get into safe mode.
6. Windows XP install disc can't detect it.
7. Used Maxtor MaxBlast 5 to wipe the drive, no activity and hangs.
8. Used Maxtor MaxBlast 5 to delete the partition and add a new NTFS parition, and Windows Install still can't detect it.
9. Not sure if this makes a difference, but I have an IDE HD connected and it works fine, temporarily installed XP on it.
Any help would be great. Thanks!
AMD Athlon X2 3800+
MSI Mobo.
This is a weird one, and here are the syptoms so far:
1. BIOS detects the HD.
2. Bootable Linux detects the HD.
3. When booting Windows XP, gives list of safe mode, last good config, etc.
4. Choose to boot normal, just auto reboots after a short while.
5. Boot in safe mode, asks to press Esc to cancel loading SPTD.sys, I press Esc and I think it reboots or hangs, either way, can't get into safe mode.
6. Windows XP install disc can't detect it.
7. Used Maxtor MaxBlast 5 to wipe the drive, no activity and hangs.
8. Used Maxtor MaxBlast 5 to delete the partition and add a new NTFS parition, and Windows Install still can't detect it.
9. Not sure if this makes a difference, but I have an IDE HD connected and it works fine, temporarily installed XP on it.
Any help would be great. Thanks!