Sorry, forgot to mention:
I have set up my new XP with the same passwords and accounts and am logged in as administrator. No Effect
I have tried using the XPpro recovery tools on the bootCD to reformat the MBR. No Effect
The old HDD will not boot as a master but can be read and otherwise...
Having had problems with 3 WD400EB drives i would recommend you return it to your vendor and get a Maxtor or Seagate drive.
I no longer sell Western Digital due to so many problems with loose platters/heads and boot sector problems.
Hi there.
I recently suffered a HD failure.
I have bought and installed a new HD (120GB) and re-installed WinXPpro.
The old HD (40GB) is now set as Primary Slave.
Windows will read the 40gb drive OK and allow me access to some of my data.
It will not allow me access to the Windows folder, the...
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