Re: SATA Drives?

From: Oli Restorick [MVP] (oli_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:54:55 -0000

Interesting that you say that. Some people have been reporting mouse issues
(like the pointer wandering) on XP SP2 machines with SATA drives, and my
machine at work certainly exhibits this behaviour. I wonder if these issues
might disappear if I change the storage driver.

Oli

"Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote in message
news:uiOtBTu5EHA.1392@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> "Gerry Hickman" wrote:
> | Hi Dave,
> |
> | I'm a bit confused reading this? Why do we need makebt32.exe?
> * You don't unless you need to create setup floppies.
>
> | I understand the use of F6, as I've built a few SCSI boxes in the past,
> | but I was fairly sure you could access this feature even when booting
> | from the CD-ROM?
> * Yes shouldn't be a problem.
>
> | In the final para, I'm confused again where you talk about deleting
> | existing partitions and "aborting the install". As far as I know, when
> | using a bootable CD, you can delete them, recreate them, format them and
> | carry on with the install without having to reboot?
> * On some systems the drive letters may not be released for the new
> install
> hence the safegard of the reboot.
>
> | Anyway, I tested this on a Dell GX280 today with SATA, and as Oli says
> | above, it worked fine without any special drivers. Whether it's using
> | the correct drivers (or running in some kind of legacy emulation mode)
> | is a different matter! Actually I didn't install any SATA drivers so
> | something must not be right.
> * I'm suprised it works if the controller is not on the HCL. Was the
> correct
> controller identified during text mode?
>
> | I did notice something a bit odd in Device manager, TWO primary and TWO
> | secondary "IDE" controllers! Not sure what's going on there, but they
> | all claimed the device was "working properly". The machine seems to run
> | pretty fast.
> * It will be interesting to see if this goes away if you F6 and supply the
> Dell supplied controller driver.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
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