Thanks KevinJ. I will monitor it for a while and see what happens.

Do you have any ideas why Windows XP would like it and Linux not?

Slappy

I don't actually.

Maybe the problem just occurred and now Windows would have a problem making a readable filesystem on it as well?

If not then perhaps it has to do with differences between the ext2 and NTFS/FAT filesystem format. I don't know.

-K

Good enough for me. Thanks for all the help!

Regards,
SlappyCakes

Got it! It was the UDMA setting! It was set for UMDA6 when I have a ATA100 motherboard!

Did a little hdparm -X69 and BAM!
Sweet! It works like a champ now...

Thanks all! Time for a beer...

Slappycakes