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    ASUS PC4C800-E deluxe - Promise controller

    it happened again. In a second attempt the system booted correctly, the IRQ looked the same as yesterday, when everything looked fine. Unfortunately FastTrak hangs whenever the IRQ problem is detected, so I can't analyse the IRQ configuration in that case.
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    ASUS PC4C800-E deluxe - Promise controller

    looks like I've solved the problem, but have now idea how and why ... I changed drive configurations (at random) several times and finally restored the initial configuration (the one which was increasingly stumbling over the last few months). And now it seems to work. Could it be that this...
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    ASUS PC4C800-E deluxe - Promise controller

    Hi, since May 2004, I've got the following configuration running under WinXP prof (all fixes installed): ASUS P4C800-E deluxe with 4 HDs and 1 DVD burner attached to the following channels: SATA1: WD740GD (Raptor) = system drive SATA2: unused PRI_IDE...
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    which partition manager is best ?

    @firerock, thanks for your hint, I'll have a look into that acronis stuff...
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    which partition manager is best ?

    ..maybe, but they marketed PartionMagic with the label "XP and NTFS compatible"
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    which partition manager is best ?

    Of course, you can do everything with one partition. What I didn't tell you however, is the amount of data, I'm juggling - one of my main applications is video editing. Just yesterday I added another 250 GB HDD, so now I have 820 GB. Maybe it's just emotional, but I do like to have my data...
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    which partition manager is best ?

    With Win98, I used PartitionMagic 7.0 for managing my HDDs quite successfully. Some months ago I migrated to Win XP - and found out that PartionMagic tends to corrupt very NTFS partitions quite frequently (i.e. I simply lost several data partitions). From other forums, I learnt that XP's...
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    unable to deactivate LAN connection

    Jack, you can deactivate the LAN by double-clicking that connection in the "network connections" window of the system control panel. Then a status window pops up where you find the deactivate button. I use this for resetting the LAN connection after a hangup. I followed your advice and...
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    unable to deactivate LAN connection

    Thanks for your quick replies. The card properties have been set to AutoSelect all the time; I'll try lower speeds now, but it'll take some time until success can really be confirmed, since the problem happens really sporadically. B.t.w. - what is a NIC card (Network Interface Card ???). If...
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    unable to deactivate LAN connection

    somehow I managed to setup my home network, consisting of new PC (Asus P4C800-E deluxe) under Win XP old PC under Win98 DSL Router D-Link DI-604 While the Win98 PC connection into the internet runs rockstable, the XP doesn't. After half an hour or so of stable operation, ping's against the...