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DMA mode on your drives Check and set them

Windows XP occasionally sets IDE hard drives and CD drives to the PIO transfer mode by default, which is slower than the standard DMA (Direct Memory Access) mode used by modern drives.

Itʹs worthwhile to check your drive settings to make sure that they are not being slowed down in this manner.

To check your drives:

Right click ʹmy computerʹ and select properties, then the ʹhardware tabʹ then the ʹdevice managerʹ button.

Expand ʹIDE ATA\ATAPI controllersʹ highlight ʹprimary IDE channelʹ and click the ʹpropertiesʹ button.

Go to the ʹadvanced settingsʹ tab, and ensure that the transfer mode is set to ʹDMA if available.ʹ

Repeat the above steps for the secondary IDE channel.