Strange Problem

[XSNiper]

Hello recently my computer has been acting up, and I've singled the problem down to my 80GB WD HDD. Whenever I plug it in along with my other drive before startup. I get a Error Loading OS text. However if I unplug it and just use my other drive it works perfectly fine! Any ideas what the problem is?

Sony DVD-ROM
Lite-ON DVD-ReWriter
120GB Seagate Cuda SATA
80GB Western Digital SE IDE

 

[pstang]

download the western digital diagnostics to see if can tell you anything
for windows
diagnostic: http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n&pid=999&swid=3
tools: http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n&pid=999&swid=1

for dos
diagnostic: http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n&pid=999&swid=2
tools: http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?cxml=n&pid=999&swid=23

 

[defakto]

Check the boot order in the bios. I would bet your system is trying to boot from the 80gig drive instead of the sata that you have your OS already installed on.