Hi,

My friend's computer broke. Windows XP wouldn't load up and safemode wasn't much use. There were some important video editing files on the HD, so I agreed to help him. Having more knowledge of computers than him, I suggested the best solution would be to buy a new HD, install Windows on that, and then put the old HD back in, as a data HD.

I bought an 80GB IDE HD, but after opening up his case I discovered he had a SATA HD. I wasn't too worried and continued by taking the old HD out and installing Windows on the new one. It worked fine and Windows ran without problems. However, when I put the SATA HD back, when the computer got the the windows XP loading screen, a blue screen of death appears for a second and it reboots itself. Funnily, I can run this setup in safemode and access both of the HDs.

I checked the HD booting priority, and the IDE is definately first. If I change it to SATA as first, it boots from the original (broken) windows.

The operating system is Windows XP home edition. I can get you the specs of the HD and mobo if you think they'll help

Thanks,

Alex