https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/help-please-start-up-hardrive-prob/m-p/2623564#M1914 Hello,<BR /><BR />I think your problem is that the harddisk controller drivers are corrupted. You should have 3 hard disk controller drivers; Primary IDE controller, Secondary IDE controller, and another one by Maxtor. Try to update the controller drivers by clicking on driver tab and update driver button. Give the Windows 98 CD.<BR /><BR />Also, enter Maxtor's website <A href="http://www.maxtor.com" target="_blank">http://www.maxtor.com</A> and go to the download section for help.<BR /><BR />HTH,<BR />Vince Mon, 03 Dec 2001 08:55:00 GMT Vincent Farrugia 2001-12-03T08:55:00Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/help-please-start-up-hardrive-prob/m-p/2623563#M1913 I have just added a second hard drive to my HP Pavillion 8260.<BR />everything went correctly (I think). I did everything the installation disk<BR />told me to do, formatted it and everything already and copied the old one to<BR />the new one. Then when I restarted my computer it started loading as usual,<BR />just a little slow, but it went from the regular Windows 98 loading screen<BR />to a DOS screen (not unusual either) but then it just stop loading. It never<BR />finishes. I dont know if this means anything but at the top of the dos<BR />screen while its loading it says a lot of things I have seen when it used to<BR />work, but it also says at the very top right under that little _ that<BR />blinks, EMM386 Active....<BR />I just installed a Maxtor 20gb Hardrive....i went to MS Help Troubleshot in<BR />safe mode followed the directions and did a procedure that helped me start<BR />in normal mode....<BR />I went to the system/Device Menu and disabled all my drivers and shut down,<BR />restarted, enabled one driver at a time and restarted and so on untill i<BR />figured out were the problem was.....Well it would always restard pretty<BR />normal untill i enabled the Hard Disk Controllers....so I disabled them<BR />again and restarted in normal to send this message....<BR />Like a said, my computer now loads ALMOST NORMAL, becuase the screen<BR />resolution is terrible, and most of the sys tray icons dont load....PLEASE<BR />HELP<BR />thanks in advance<BR />Gunner<BR /><BR /> Sun, 02 Dec 2001 03:30:48 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/help-please-start-up-hardrive-prob/m-p/2623563#M1913 Gunner 2001-12-02T03:30:48Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/help-please-start-up-hardrive-prob/m-p/2623564#M1914 Hello,<BR /><BR />I think your problem is that the harddisk controller drivers are corrupted. You should have 3 hard disk controller drivers; Primary IDE controller, Secondary IDE controller, and another one by Maxtor. Try to update the controller drivers by clicking on driver tab and update driver button. Give the Windows 98 CD.<BR /><BR />Also, enter Maxtor's website <A href="http://www.maxtor.com" target="_blank">http://www.maxtor.com</A> and go to the download section for help.<BR /><BR />HTH,<BR />Vince Mon, 03 Dec 2001 08:55:00 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/help-please-start-up-hardrive-prob/m-p/2623564#M1914 Vincent Farrugia 2001-12-03T08:55:00Z