Re: IDE, PIO and SATA

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Hi,
I have installed my XP64 using a SATA disc as IDE. Someone said "why run as
IDE when RAID is a faster option."
I had raid on an old PC but I do not want to run more than 1 disc at the
moment. I understand that the RAID setting can run just one disc but will
give me the AHCI plus more.
Is this correct?

I installed a new PC for a friend recently and that came with just one SATA
disc set up as RAID in Bios with Vista but I also installed XP.


Regard
david

"JS" <@> wrote in message news:upsYIt0wJHA.5836@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Do you want to run XP in a RAID configuration?

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"Squeezy99" <david.cunningham@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi
I am ok as I am coverd by the disk warranty.
Diags all say disk is failing,

How do you change an xp system from IDE to RAID other then the bios
settings please

regards
David



"JS" <@> wrote in message news:eVfjhAqwJHA.1208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You're welcome.

Let us know what the diagnostics
report as to the overall health of the drive.

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"Squeezy99" <david.cunningham@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Great thanks,
my drive is well within warranty.

Regards,
David
"JS" <@> wrote in message news:eeW5KBpwJHA.1208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Your drive may be on it's way to the graveyard.
Download and run the drive manufactures diagnostic utilities.

Disk Diagnostic Utilities from:
Western Digital's Data LifeGuard Diagnostics
http://support.wdc.com/download/?cxml=n&pid=999&swid=3
Seagate's SeaTools
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools
Maxtor (Now Seagate SeaTools)
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=SeaTools&vgnextoid=720bd20cacdec010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
Fujitsu's Utilities
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/storage/hdd/support/utilities.html
Samsung's Disk manager software
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm
Hitachi's Drive Fitness Test software

Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T. Status Software
Here are two utilities that are worth looking into if you want more
info about S.M.A.R.T.
SpeedFan: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
The SMART tab displays current smart info on the drive you select and
at your option provides an on-line analysis of the drive.

HD Tune:
HD Tune, provides drive info and has an option to test your drive.
For S.M.A.R.T. status click on the 'Health' tab.
http://www.hdtune.com/

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"Squeezy99" <david.cunningham@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
I have just installed XP x64 on my new hardwareb and am running 2
SATA
connected drives in IDE mode. One drive seems very slow and I
noticed it is
now in PIO mode. I read all about KB817472 and would like to know if
the
fix on offer actually cures this or is there more to the problem as
it
appears to have started many years ago.
I tried the workaround and this was good for 2 boots but after it
returned
to PIO.

Regards,
David














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