disk read speed

[Guest]

I tried to read a damaged disk in my DVD-ROM drive and I assume it slowed
down to try to read it better, but now anything I try to read in that drive
is very slow. While my second drive (the burner) is much faster at reading
When the used to both take the approximate same time. I used to read from one
and burn to the other but it takes too long now. Is there a way to check if
it dropped the default read speed and hasnt restored to max? I found the burn
speed on the burner but nothing for read speed on either?

 

[Richard Urban]

If you try to read a damaged disk the system will drop the reader from DMA
mode incrementally downward to PIO mode in trying to read the disk. Then it
will stay there.

To correct this, go to device manager and remove the IDE controller for the
drive in question. Reboot. The IDE port will be found and reinstalled at its
full speed.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

Thanks Richard, what you are saying makes full sense. My quandry though is
which controller controls the drive in question. I will try to reproduce what
I see in divice manager below:
-IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
Intel(R) 82801FB Ultra Storage Controllers - 2651
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 266F
Primary IDE Channel
Primary IDE Channel
Secondary IDE channel
My concern is that I may remove the Hard drives controller not knowing if it
would automatically reinstall itself. And is it as simple as highlighting the
properline and hitting delete?

 

[Richard Urban]

I can't see your computer from here. You will have to search within each of
those entries till you find the one for your dysfunctional drive. Then
delete it and reboot.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!