Hi There, I will try to do my very best to describe the problem that I am having.
I YESTERDAY replaces a old broken slave Hard Drive with a brand new Seagate ST3802110A. I have CONNECTED it correctly and started the computer. The new drive got recognised but you get a black screen pause for about 3 minutes until the Windows logo appears. When I disconnect the new drive and only start the computer with the primary hard drive also a Seagate ST320414A you get a normal startup.
I am really puzzled as why the computer takes so long to start-up with this new Hardrive, I have re-checked the IDE cables and slave is Gray and Primary is Black, The bios settings for both Drives are on AUTO. I have played around with the settings for the new ST3802110A hard drive but then it locks up just after rebooting.
 
So for the moment I am running this computer with a long start-up procedure Don't get me wrong the new HD is working when windows actualy starts.
 
Hope you really can help me,
With patients I am waiting for your reply.
a few question for you, what show in cmos setup screen, did you see your old and new hard drive? did it show on correct Master and slave? did you see your new hard drive in windows and is it working?Settings seem to be ok. Primary HD is the Primary one and Slave is the new HD. Both are on AUTO settings (not manual)
And once windows Xp has started al drives work correctly
ok, i not sure what happen, but there's something you can try...
1st, check your both hard drive JUMPER setting, primary master hard drive set to master, slave set to slave, do not set to cable select(CS)
2nd, change your POWER cable for new hard drive to other( if your power supply have extra, or else temp swap it with CD drive .)