Read this page: It describes *exactly* what I went through last year with this exact 
model of machine.  Forgive me for saying it was XP - it was actually SP2 that started 
the problems.  And it seemed to happen after the defrag operation, which is why I 
quit defragging once the system started losing stability.  It took a lot of googling 
to even find this page, but I'm so thankful that this guy put it up, b/c it gave 
me the answer.  

http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/Dell4400SP2.htm







On Friday, March 14, 2008 at 8:14 am, C K wrote:

>XP doesn't have an issue with hard drives directly.  There could be an issue between 

>the drive and the motherboard controller in rare cases, sometimes with the drivers 

>involved for the IDE controller.  I wasn't aware that Maxtor (now owned by Seagate) 

>was having any issues.  Now Fugitsu on the other hand, that's a different story 
IME, 

>but still between the hardware, not with Windows.  The only issue with Windows is 

>when you need 48 bit LBA enabled (need SP1 or 2) with a drive over 137 gig, but 
that 

>involves all manufacturers drives and/or the motherboard, not just Maxtor.

>

>Windows may give errors with an unstable/failing HDD but that would be normal.

>

>What was the issue with the Maxtor?  Just curious..

>

>It isn't free, but I have used and recommend software from the link below for monitoring:

>

>http://www.spector.com/

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