mcb Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 I have a Dell-supplied 40gb 7200 UltraATA Hard drive, according to the spec sheet from Dell maybe its just me, but it seems to be slower than it could be, not running to its full potential, or using optimal settings. i already have it running NTFS and defrag often, so i should be okay in that respect. what can i do in terms of drivers and settings, etc to optimize it? thanks also, if someone could do so quickly, or point me to a source, briefly explain IDE, ATA, Serial, and all that jazz? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JK1150 Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 Why would you think it is the HD, it could be other parts of the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intrabyte Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 and u sure ur hard drive is running at ata66/100 (whatever ur mobo supports) with the right cables... sometimes windows does not set the hard drive at optimised configuration... I know I had to change on my other computer so it could run at 66... :ermm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb Posted July 26, 2002 Author Share Posted July 26, 2002 Originally posted by Intrabyte and u sure ur hard drive is running at ata66/100 (whatever ur mobo supports) with the right cables... sometimes windows does not set the hard drive at optimised configuration... I know I had to change on my other computer so it could run at 66... :ermm: ok...how would i check this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted July 26, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 26, 2002 just go to device manager and then click the plus beside IDE/ATAPI Controllers and then right click Primary Channel and then choose the Advanced TAB to see what mode it's running in... ata-100 = UDMA Mode 5 ATA-66 = UDMA Mode 4 ATA-33 = UDMA Mode 2 and down..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb Posted July 26, 2002 Author Share Posted July 26, 2002 Originally posted by SHoTTa35 just go to device manager and then click the plus beside IDE/ATAPI Controllers and then right click Primary Channel and then choose the Advanced TAB to see what mode it's running in... ata-100 = UDMA Mode 5 ATA-66 = UDMA Mode 4 ATA-33 = UDMA Mode 2 and down..... hmm..it doesnt tell me any of that anywhere under anyhting in IDE/ATAPI Controllers and the primary and secondary are IDE channels..thats bad right? that proves my hard drive sucks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.derosa Posted August 2, 2002 Share Posted August 2, 2002 Originally posted by mcb hmm..it doesnt tell me any of that anywhere under anyhting in IDE/ATAPI Controllers and the primary and secondary are IDE channels..thats bad right? that proves my hard drive sucks? No thats normal the primary is probably IDE-0 (connected to your hard drive) and secondayr is probably IDE-1 (connected to your CD-ROM). Its perfectly normal. Go to advanced settings and look around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb Posted August 2, 2002 Author Share Posted August 2, 2002 ive looked around more now, and found (or didnt find) just as whenever i've looked before that there is no advanced tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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