Hardrive Format error

[darkwinter]

I have a 40 gig and a 4 gig hardrive to which i attempted to put into my computer... when i went to install xp on both drives (the 40 gig first) i deleated all the partitioned and unpartitioned portions of the drive.... when i then attempted to format on the new unpartitioned space, it came up with a "non-page" error... im lost and dont know what to do.... anyhelp with this issue would be great....


thanks

 

[kestrel1]

Are you sure that the drives have the jumpers set correctly?

 

[wolluf]

Are you doing the partitioning/installing by booting from XP install CD?

Kestrel may be correct - if you haven't got jumpers for BOTH drives set correctly, it can cause problems (are they master & slave on the same IDE cable? If so, some drives have different settings for when they are sole master and when there is a slave - setting both drives to cable select might be best).

I'd disconnect the 4GB drive and try installing on 40 on its own (btw - why do you want to install XP on 4GB drive as well?). If that works - reconnect 4GB - if not, post back (if it doesn't, sounds like you may have hardware problems of some sort).

 

[kestrel1]

If using cable select use 80 wire IDE cable.
I wouldn't have a 40gb & a 4gb drive on the same IDE channel unless they are rated at the same speed. The slower drive will determine the speed that you get from both drives.

 

[wolluf]

kestrel - the speed thing you mentioned is only true if slower drive does PIO mode only (ie, VERY old drive). All ATA33 and faster drives can happily share an 80 pin IDE cable and both run at their own speed.