Comments on: Check Your IDE Transfer Mode To Make Your PC Faster

By: salz

salz — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:32:41 +0000

After 3 hours, and having read almost everything I got about the problem I was experiencing, I came across your solution, and guess what, it worked. Thanks a lot

By: LGFN

LGFN — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:46:47 +0000

I don’t see any IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers on my PC, only SCSI and RAID controllers.

What does this mean?

Thanks in advance!

By: Boost Performance by Checking IDE Drive Transfer Mode [Windows Tip]

Boost Performance by Checking IDE Drive Transfer Mode [Windows Tip] — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:07:28 +0000

[...] Mode to “DMA if available”. Reboot and you should be in business. MakeUseOf has a full step by step guide with screenshots if you’d like a visual reference. Check Your Transfer Mode To Boost Computer Speed [...]

By: Guy McDowell

Guy McDowell — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:30:54 +0000

You’re welcome John! Glad it helped.

I’ve seen this problem on a lot of the Dell’s that were given away as part of a Telus Internet Service promotion in Canada. Needless to say, I have one of those Dell’s.

There is a way to go into the registry and reset the count, so this problem is less likely to resurface. I’ll have to work on an article for that…

By: John

John — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:03:10 +0000

Thanks alot. I have been dealing with this proble for awhile now.

By: The PHA : Bookmarks for January 19th from 21:56 to 21:56

The PHA : Bookmarks for January 19th from 21:56 to 21:56 — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:03:10 +0000

[...] Check Your IDE Transfer Mode To Make Your PC Faster | MakeUseOf.com – [...]

By: The Bangus Ultimatum » Bookmarks for January 12th from 13:55 to 14:48

The Bangus Ultimatum » Bookmarks for January 12th from 13:55 to 14:48 — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:02:41 +0000

[...] Check Your IDE Transfer Mode To Make Your PC Faster | MakeUseOf.com – The first thing I check on a slow computer is if it is running in PIO or DMA mode. [...]

By: Guy McDowell

Guy McDowell — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:37:15 +0000

I honestly don’t know. I’m one of the camp that is waiting on Windows 7. Went to the Vista launch and avoided it since then. Just not for me.

By: Guy McDowell

Guy McDowell — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:35:56 +0000

Hey Aibek, thanks for helping provide a site where I can have these tips published!

By: Guy McDowell

Guy McDowell — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:35:18 +0000

Thank you Andrea! Yes, there are several ways to skin this cat for certain! I just went with what I can talk my average user through.

People get a bit scared when deleting devices, so this method is a little more complex, but easier on the heart.

By: Guy McDowell

Guy McDowell — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:32:51 +0000

Awesome, glad the script helped. As I’ve told people before, it’s not exactly computer science, it’s more like computer alchemy.

By: Guy McDowell

Guy McDowell — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:31:59 +0000

This isn’t really a registry fix. At worst, you restart your computer and the settings are reset to the highest possible for your particular drive.

By: Guy McDowell

Guy McDowell — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:30:57 +0000

That’s not nice to call someone completely stupid.

I don’t think I’ve ever called a francophone stupid for their brand of franglais. Je n’est suis pas un francophone, je suis en franchophonie!

By: Usman

Usman — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:37:31 +0000

I already had these settings on my computer

By: USGuyInMTL

USGuyInMTL — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:56:38 +0000

I got here via Lifehacker and tried the Device Manager directions and they did not work. The VBScript at winhlp.com fixed it in a snap. Thanks for the link.

By: David

David — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:05:44 +0000

I assume this is for XP. Does anyone know how this can be applied to Vista?

By: David

David — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:04:19 +0000

I assume this is for XP. Does anyone know how this works on Vista?

By: Today’s Blogmarks | New Trommetter Times

Today’s Blogmarks | New Trommetter Times — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:28:11 +0000

[...] Check Your IDE Transfer Mode To Make Your PC Faster The first thing I check on a slow computer is if it is running in PIO or DMA mode. I thought maybe this was the problem with my slow home computer, turns out it wasn’t. [...]

By: WebDesign Bureau of Mauritius » Speed up yout IDE drive.

WebDesign Bureau of Mauritius » Speed up yout IDE drive. — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:12:07 +0000

[...] If just like me, you run a Windows based machine with IDE drives (yes some of us still have them) and that even though you’ve in vain done your best to speed up your beast, you might check Makeuseof’s great step by step IDE drive speed up tutorial. [...]

By: Slackerology - Boost Performance by Checking IDE Drive Transfer Mode [Windows Tip]

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:32:51 +0000

By: Windows applications and stuff - Page 3 - TeakDoor.com - The Thailand Forum

Windows applications and stuff - Page 3 - TeakDoor.com - The Thailand Forum — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:21:50 +0000

[...] be a few causes, I havent used Windows for a while but I never heard of this when I was using it. Check Your IDE Transfer Mode To Make Your PC Faster | MakeUseOf.com Has a walkthrough with pics for a step ny step way of checking [...]

By: projectautomatika

projectautomatika — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:47:20 +0000

Used this tip a lot of times already. Very effective.

By: Boost Performance by Checking IDE Drive Transfer Mode [Windows Tip] | The tech blog

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:08:58 +0000

By: OpsTube » Blog Archive » Boost Performance by Checking IDE Drive Transfer Mode

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:58:55 +0000

By: HardDisk: Check Your Transfer Mode To Boost Computer Speed « Min Verden

HardDisk: Check Your Transfer Mode To Boost Computer Speed « Min Verden — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:27:05 +0000

[...] via Check Your Transfer Mode To Boost Computer Speed | MakeUseOf.com. [...]

By: Boost Performance by Checking IDE Drive Transfer Mode [Windows Tip] | Orb Computers Blog

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:07:31 +0000

[...] set the Transfer Mode to “DMA if available”. Reboot and you should be in business. MakeUseOf has a full step by step guide with screenshots if you’d like a visual reference. Check Your Transfer Mode To Boost Computer Speed [MakeUseOf] [...]

By: Rarst

Rarst — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:51:33 +0000

Happpens a lot with old optical drives. Sometimes Windows is locking to PIO really hard (changing in device manager not working) so then options are reinstalling controller drivers or messing with registry.

@Lee
That means no device on that channel. Nothing plugged in.

By: Boost Performance by Checking IDE Drive Transfer Mode - Softsaurus.org

Boost Performance by Checking IDE Drive Transfer Mode - Softsaurus.org — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:07:41 +0000

By: Aibek

Aibek — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:06:22 +0000

hey mate, thanks for the great tip!

By: McColley.net » Blog Archive » Boost Performance by Checking IDE Drive Transfer Mode [Windows Tip]

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:31:37 +0000