Hi everyone,
Thanks for taking time to read this, and help
I'll try to be short and I'll do my best to explain my problem as simple as I can.

First of all let me show you my system specs:
Dell 8400
Pentium 4, 3.6 mhz
2 GB RAM
256 MB Graphic card
Windows XP Media Center Edition

I have an issue with my hard drive "Maxtor 7Y250M0" 250GB Serial ATA (7200RPM) that came with my Dell purchase.

It worked perfectly fine for almost a year now, until 2 days ago when it got infected with a virus that affects (I think and hope) only the Operating System (Windows XP).

McAfee antivirus found it and cleaned it. I had to restart the PC. When I tried to restart it, it didn’t work. It gets to the Windows logo and stays there…

I tried to restart it from “Last known good configuration” and again the same.

I tried to restart it in Safe Mode, it STARTS to ‘scan’ some drivers (black screen, white letters) and it stops, the screen freezes.

I tried everything for several times and nothing.

So in order to keep the data I bought a second Hard Drive. The new Hard Drive is "Maxtor 6L200S0" 200GB Serial ATA (7200RPM)

I installed Windows XP media center there and I was hoping I would be able to copy the files from the old Drive to the New one.

But all I can do is START the PC with the new one. When I configure the Setup to see both drives, then the PC wont Start. All I get is the Windows logo and a black screen after it. Just like before.

When I configure the Setup to see only the New Drive, the PC starts normally, but I can't view the older Drive... The older one has C, D, E partitions...

The old drive works fine, its just the virus that is not letting the system boot, or be seen by the other drive.

I know it may be confusing, but I hope you understand.

So what are my OPTIONS and CHANCES for saving my files?

Thank you in advance.
jingo
Have you jumpered the original drive as the Slave? Quote

The old drive works fine, its just the virus that is not letting the system boot, or be seen by the other drive.