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mv331 · 04-09-2007, 06:36 AM

G'day there,

This is my first attempt at this forum, it looked rather welcoming so I thought I'd give it a try.

There is this ongoing hitch with my PC that I can never overcome. 2 months ago I upgraded my computers internal hard drive from an ATA to a SATA hard-drive which up front I read that they perform better and faster so I purchased one to replace my now near dead ATA, which I now use as a paperweight.

The performance that I have seen has been just the opposite from what Ihave read and has let me down and was wondering what I may be doing wrong.

There have been several computers that I have witnessed using slower processors, less RAM (Celeron 2.4Ghz with 256M RAM is one example I have seen) and they all use a SATA drive and outperform mine by a long shot as far as speed is concerned.
Why is this happening? Why does it take about 40 seconds when my computer boots to read the hard drive settings and then longer for XP to boot up until I get the logon screen. Previously this took less than 40 seconds to boot with the ATA drive (before it started playing up) to get a logon screen.

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The hard-drive settings as read from the BIOS are as follows:

IDE CHANNEL 0 MASTER: NONE
IDE CHANNEL 0 SLAVE : WDC WD800BB (Western Digital ATA - 80GB)
IDE CHANNEL 1 MASTER: NONE
IDE CHANNEL 1 SLAVE : IOMEGA CDRW
IDE CHANNEL 2 MASTER: S_ATA1-ST380817AS (Seagate SATA - 80GB)
IDE CHANNEL 3 MASTER: S_ATA2-NONE

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Windows XP is installed on the SATA (Seagate) drive and is set up as the boot priority drive in the BIOS.
I use the other drive (ATA) as a working drive where I store all my backups and direct the 'My Documents' folder if the OS fails or if it gets a virus.

BTW its not just the boot process that is bothering me, this is just an example. It's also slower when opening programs and opening large files etc..

I originally built the PC in November 2004 and it contains the following:

Gigabyte GA-8I848P-G (mobo)
P4 3.0Ghz
Kingston 2x 256MB RAM
WinXP Pro.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks in advance.

mv331

04-09-2007, 06:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
mv331 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: nowhere land Posts: 2 OS: Vista Ultimate	SATA drive/boot discrepancies G'day there, This is my first attempt at this forum, it looked rather welcoming so I thought I'd give it a try. There is this ongoing hitch with my PC that I can never overcome. 2 months ago I upgraded my computers internal hard drive from an ATA to a SATA hard-drive which up front I read that they perform better and faster so I purchased one to replace my now near dead ATA, which I now use as a paperweight. The performance that I have seen has been just the opposite from what Ihave read and has let me down and was wondering what I may be doing wrong. There have been several computers that I have witnessed using slower processors, less RAM (Celeron 2.4Ghz with 256M RAM is one example I have seen) and they all use a SATA drive and outperform mine by a long shot as far as speed is concerned. Why is this happening? Why does it take about 40 seconds when my computer boots to read the hard drive settings and then longer for XP to boot up until I get the logon screen. Previously this took less than 40 seconds to boot with the ATA drive (before it started playing up) to get a logon screen. ============================================================== The hard-drive settings as read from the BIOS are as follows: IDE CHANNEL 0 MASTER: NONE IDE CHANNEL 0 SLAVE : WDC WD800BB (Western Digital ATA - 80GB) IDE CHANNEL 1 MASTER: NONE IDE CHANNEL 1 SLAVE : IOMEGA CDRW IDE CHANNEL 2 MASTER: S_ATA1-ST380817AS (Seagate SATA - 80GB) IDE CHANNEL 3 MASTER: S_ATA2-NONE ============================================================== Windows XP is installed on the SATA (Seagate) drive and is set up as the boot priority drive in the BIOS. I use the other drive (ATA) as a working drive where I store all my backups and direct the 'My Documents' folder if the OS fails or if it gets a virus. BTW its not just the boot process that is bothering me, this is just an example. It's also slower when opening programs and opening large files etc.. I originally built the PC in November 2004 and it contains the following: Gigabyte GA-8I848P-G (mobo) P4 3.0Ghz Kingston 2x 256MB RAM WinXP Pro. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks in advance. mv331