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When I upgraded my WinME computer to XP Pro, the hard drives (both on
primary channel) and DVD drives (both on secondary channel) would revert to
PIO mode after coming out of standby. If I deleted the secondary channel
and rebooted, the HDs would go to DMA5 and the DVDs to DMA2, and would
remain that way unless I went into standby instead of shutting down. MS
indicated that SP2 would fix the atapi.sys file, so I installed SP2. Now
both DVDs retain DMA Status after a standby, but not the hard drives. I can
still return them to DMA by deleting the secondary channel and rebooting,
but it's a pain.
This is an annoyance I would like to resolve. After Googling for a few
days, I see recommendations to not only remove the secondary channel on the
IDE controller, but the whole controller itself and then rebooting.
My question is how to do this. Must I boot into safe mode? I don't
understand how the computer will know what to do if the IDE controller (and
hence the hard drive) is removed from the Device Manager. I would
appreciate any pointers or links I can follow.
Thanks,
Anne
When I upgraded my WinME computer to XP Pro, the hard drives (both on
primary channel) and DVD drives (both on secondary channel) would revert to
PIO mode after coming out of standby. If I deleted the secondary channel
and rebooted, the HDs would go to DMA5 and the DVDs to DMA2, and would
remain that way unless I went into standby instead of shutting down. MS
indicated that SP2 would fix the atapi.sys file, so I installed SP2. Now
both DVDs retain DMA Status after a standby, but not the hard drives. I can
still return them to DMA by deleting the secondary channel and rebooting,
but it's a pain.
This is an annoyance I would like to resolve. After Googling for a few
days, I see recommendations to not only remove the secondary channel on the
IDE controller, but the whole controller itself and then rebooting.
My question is how to do this. Must I boot into safe mode? I don't
understand how the computer will know what to do if the IDE controller (and
hence the hard drive) is removed from the Device Manager. I would
appreciate any pointers or links I can follow.
Thanks,
Anne