HD hang at start

Hi,
I am having a problem on startup, on startup it gets to "Verifying DMI Pool Data", then on the next line i get a 4 character symbol - Y then what looks like an infinity sign or a sideways 8, with another Y and another infinity sign or sideways 8, followed by a blinking cursor at this point it freezes. This HD is an WD 160g less than 2 years old with Windows XP. I have a slaved 30 g HD with Windows Millennium that will boot up normal if i make it a master. I have tried to slave the 160g HD to the older HD with millennium, but it doesn't recognize the Xp 160g HD. I think I my have a bad HD. I appreciate any help you can give.

 

Can i get some more infomation like the drive model is it SATA or IDE?
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I have submitted a help ticket to western digital with your problem and hoipefully i will get a response soon, im guessing ur drive may be dead if you have the jumpers in the right configuration

 

The HD is an Enhanced IDE. It has WD Caviar SE on the lable.
Model-WD1600Jb-22GVAO
Date- 12 JAN 2005
DCM- DSCACTJAH

 

How long have you had the drive?

 

I purchased this drive from Tigerdirect, i don't think it was a cheepy.

 

I think you are probably correct. There seems to be more trouble with drives in the 100G to 200G range than above or below that size.

Do you have CDs to re install Windows?
Do you have important data on the drive?
A warranty return will not save this for you.

If desparate you could try the freezer method (don't mention to the warranty people).

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=130529&highlight=freezer