Yesterday I couldn't get XP to start, it got to the first loading screen on startup and then reset itself then it asked me to boot into safe mode etc.
I tried to get into safe mode but it kept hanging at AGP440.SYS and no matter what I did I couldn't get further than that. I went through the XP CD to try and repair it or disable AGP440 to no avail so I had to reformat the drive.
During reformatting it seemed to take ages to make any progress (1 hour in total for an 80GB HDD) and seemed very steppy - 0% for 5mins then shooting up to 3% and so on. I seem to remember it being much more smooth and steady as it progressed the last time.
Does this sound like a problem with the HDD, would it be worth buying another?
I have a P4P800 board and I don't think I can use a SATA II drive with it, what options do I have?
Thanks in advance.
I tried to get into safe mode but it kept hanging at AGP440.SYS and no matter what I did I couldn't get further than that. I went through the XP CD to try and repair it or disable AGP440 to no avail so I had to reformat the drive.
During reformatting it seemed to take ages to make any progress (1 hour in total for an 80GB HDD) and seemed very steppy - 0% for 5mins then shooting up to 3% and so on. I seem to remember it being much more smooth and steady as it progressed the last time.
Does this sound like a problem with the HDD, would it be worth buying another?
I have a P4P800 board and I don't think I can use a SATA II drive with it, what options do I have?
Thanks in advance.