07-27-14 10:19 Stephen Walsh wrote to TOM WALKER about XP Backup   
      
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    SW> Hello TOM.   
      
    SW> 26 Jul 14 08:05, you wrote to ED VANCE:   
      
    EV>> try to find out. Someone else here may have comments to set things   
    EV>> straight. What I have works for me. My computer says something   
    EV>> about SATA on the motherboard IIRC, but on Boot Up I see something   
    EV>> about IDE on the screen.   
      
    TW> That sounds like you are running the Hard Drives in IDE emulation   
    TW> mode. That slows down the speed of the newer SATA drives. You should   
    TW> go into the BIOS and set the Hard drives to AHCI instead of IDE   
      
    SW> * Warning * NEVER change a installed system from IDE to AHCI or   
    SW> AHCI to IDE.   
      
    SW> They are NOT compatable. Either one has to be chosen when the   
    SW> operating system is installed, and then left with   
    SW> that setting.   
      
   Howdy! Stephen and Tom,   
      
   This morning I watched the screen and realize what was causing my   
   puzzlement about IDE and SATA when my XP box Boots Up.   
      
   There is a line on the screen that says:   "Detecting IDE Drives"   
   That line stays on the screen for a second or two   
      
   and then 6 or 8 lines Flash on the screen for an instant showing what   
   CD and HDD the BIOS has found on the computer,   
      
   the screen goes dark and then the computer goes on to finish all it has   
   to do to Start Up my XP computer.   
      
   The line I see that says "Detecting IDE Drives" is what has been   
   causing my confusion because by my seeing it every time the computer   
   starts up it has made me think that the lines it shows below it are   
   about IDE Drives and this isn't true.   
      
   The CD Drive might be IDE but my HDD is SATA and seeing both drives   
   in the list after the "IDE" line is what has made me 'think' the   
   devices were all IDE and they aren't.   
      
   I just have to be more careful how I read what the computer shows me   
   on the screen.   
      
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