freezing on verifying DMI

[natpond]

i have my computer all set up, and want to start tryign to retrieve the data off of an older IDE 200gb hard drive that i accidentally quick formatted during windows setup. i plug it in and my computer hanfs on the "verifying DMI pool" and will not go anywhere.... why?

 

[dbwillis]

try clearing the 'ESCD' option in the BIOS, or possibly try putting the old drive on the IDE2 port with nothing else connected, possibly its a jumper problem on the old drive.

 

[natpond]

ill try those, thanks.