Lemkes Posted February 18, 2008 Author Posted February 18, 2008 ya dont have to be rude.. not everyone gets this stuff as easy! i didn't understand
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted February 20, 2008 Posted February 20, 2008 thank you for all your help its workign awesome! i jsut didn't understand. sorry.... Windows 2000 and XP (Vista?) has an undocumented "feature". That feature being if a drive has trouble reading, it will automatically switch from DMA (fast) to PIO (slow). The problem is that it doesn't switch back, which means your drives will run like a sick dog. Slow and lethargic. Compounding the problem is the fact that Windows will report that everything is working A-OK and that DMA is enabled when it isn't. If your HD/DVD is reading or writing very slowly, the best option is to go into DEVICE MANAGER and uninstall the IDE controllers. This forces Windows to re-install them after re-booting and sets them as DMA instead of PIO, allowing your drives to run at full speed.
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