proper drivers are installed for HD controllers?
DMA is enabled (9xwin)?
indexing turned off (find fast -MS office)?
media sniffers?
virtual memory settings are correct?

"Jon Davis" <jon@REMOVE.ME.PLEASE.jondavis.net> wrote in message
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> .. here's my config..
>
> Both drives are Western Digital Caviars, I think. The main drive is SATA
> 320 GB, the other (old) drive is IDE 120 GB. Both pass the Western Digital
> tests and SMART tests. The old drive does make a single loud click and a
> power-down sound every few hours, but I can still access it when it
> happens without hiccups or errors.
>
> Motherboard is an MSI K8N Neo4 w/ an Athlon 64 3000+ and 1GB dual channel
> DDR RAM.
>
> Jon
>
>