Secondary HDD causes BSOD

[Since1983]

I found out that my slave harddrive is causing the "Machine check exception" BSOD. Problem is I have 30gigs of data I want to retrieve but can't because sometimes when I try to browse, open, copy the files...it gives me the BSOD. Is there another way I can retrieve my files (preferably in windows)?

Thanks in advance.

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: Since1983
I found out that my slave harddrive is causing the "Machine check exception" BSOD. Problem is I have 30gigs of data I want to retrieve but can't because sometimes when I try to browse, open, copy the files...it gives me the BSOD. Is there another way I can retrieve my files (preferably in windows)?

Thanks in advance.

What happens when you boot in safe mode?

 

[stevty2889]

Like dclive said, try safemode. You could also boot from a floppy to a dos prompt and do it that way.

 

[CtK]

hey im having the same problem with a WD UATA HD
i ran the WD diagnostic software and it says its fine??
i tried safe mode and the samething happens

please help
my whole MP3 collection is on that HD

 

[LukeMan]

When do you receive the BSOD? right after trying to access the hdd or the folders on the hdd?

 

[CtK]

Originally posted by: LukeMan
When do you receive the BSOD? right after trying to access the hdd or the folders on the hdd?

thanks for the reply
when tryin to access a file
i took the HD out and put it in an external enclosure and it was able to take my files off of it

i had a Plextor DVD Burner on the same IDE cable tat went bad maybe tat had something 2 do with it??

 

[dclive]

Interesting. So the problem isn't the drive or data on the drive - it's the interface.

Did you have the most recent version of your SATA driver installed in Windows?

 

[Since1983]

Sorry for late reply... I've tried safe mode and I still got BSOD. I get it once i try to access files from a folder. It is happening more often now.

Btw, I'm using ide drive.

Thanks for the replies

PS: A little search I've found

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: CtK
hey im having the same problem with a WD UATA HD
i ran the WD diagnostic software and it says its fine??
i tried safe mode and the samething happens

please help
my whole MP3 collection is on that HD

Yeah, I don't have too much faith in western digitals diagnostic tool..my drive was clicking, locking up at bios, failing to be detected, and still passed there diagnostic..

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: Since1983
Sorry for late reply... I've tried safe mode and I still got BSOD. I get it once i try to access files from a folder. It is happening more often now.

Btw, I'm using ide drive.

Thanks for the replies

PS: A little search I've found

What if you put the drive in another computer? Same problem?

 

[Since1983]

Ok, I've put it in another computer and everything seems fine now. The other computer uses win2k and the one that got the bsod was winxp. This is so weird considering I have other ide drives that work perfectly fine with both systems. Can someone care to explain this? Would the drivers be suspect here?