Desperate for help - slooow hard drives, any ideas please?

[JAD]

and your callin people trolls...get out from under the bridge

 

[Guest]

But you failed to mention that/make that clear.

I should have made allowances for those of us whose first language isn't
English, you are right.

It probably was a registry setting that was affecting CMOS.
It would have been interesting to know what would have happened if you had cleared
CMOS and then checked from DOS.

That's quite an assumption. I did clear CMOS several times and I did check
from DOS several times. The results I achieved I recorded and summarised
and they still stand.

And all that to get rid of few lines in the registry, probably.

That's a bit of a leap of faith! Can you identify which registry lines you
are referring to? It would be interesting to see what theyinclude. As I
mentioned in my original summary, I did carry out some reg edits that should
have cleared any error detection and also should have forced a higher mode
onto the drives, but that didn't work.

Are you sure you are really trying to help ? Your tone comes across as
particularly abrasive.

Cheers

RMC, England

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

I should have made allowances for those of us whose first language isn't
English, you are right.

Yes, English and clairvoyancy obviously go together.

That's quite an assumption.

Yes, forgive me, since english is not my first language I'm not clairvoyant so
therefor I have to 'assume' on the minimal facts that you so graciously provided.

I did clear CMOS several times

.... but again failed to mention that/make that clear.

and I did check from DOS several times.

The point being not to run the OS in between.

The results I achieved I recorded and summarised and they still stand.

Oh? Did someone dispute them?

That's a bit of a leap of faith!

Oh? Try running the OS without it and let's see.

Can you identify which registry lines you are referring to?

Having a problem with understanding the concept of "probably"?

It would be interesting to see what they include.

Well, if I knew, I wouldn't have used the word "probably", now would I.

As I mentioned in my original summary, I did carry out

some reg edits
So?

that should have cleared

any error detection

'Any'? 'Some'?

and also should have forced a higher mode onto the drives, but that didn't work.

Right, so they weren't the 'right' ones. 'Any' and 'some' didn't cut it.

Are you sure you are really trying to help ?

Of course not.
I only provided the link to Alexanders post to put you on a wild goose chase.
Of course you knew that since you are a native english speaker and therefor
are clairvoyant and didn't even bother to look it up. Good for you.

Your tone comes across as particularly abrasive.

Yeah, so much different from your's.

 

[Guest]

Folkert

I only provided the link to Alexanders post to put you on a wild goose chase.
Of course you knew that since you are a native english speaker and therefor
are clairvoyant and didn't even bother to look it up. Good for you.
Yeah, so much different from your's.

Our conversation seems to be descending into a flame of sorts - there's a
similarly titled thread in alty.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit which I started
and is getting quite technical. If you'd like to come over, you might enjoy
joining in with some of the technical discussion to do with ESCD clearing.
There's some people who have also come up with some good ideas ( a couple of
which are a little difficult to follow)

If you're interested, have a look for posts entitled "Fixed it! was AI7 and
ATA100 hard drive" dated yesterday (14th September).

cheers Folkert

RMC

 

[JAD]

kill im with kindness eh?............... just tell him to STFU, He
lives under a bridge hassling people crossing.

 

[RMC]

kill im with kindness eh?............... just tell him to STFU, He lives
under a bridge hassling people crossing.

LOL I thought that *might* be his home but felt I should give him the
benefit of my doubt ... other people are so much better at telling people to
FOAD and STFU, so I reasoned they'd tell him - more effectively than I ever
could.

Cheers JAD

8¬)


RMC, England

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Folkert


Our conversation seems to be descending into a flame of sorts - there's a
similarly titled thread in alty.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit which I started
and is getting quite technical.

If you'd like to come over, you might enjoy
joining in with some of the technical discussion to do with

That is quite a bit of bother, adding a newsgroup that I'm not really
interested in. Better crosspost to over-here. If people post proper attri-
bution lines then earlier posts can be called up from there if necessary.

ESCD clearing.

What is the point when Windows just changes it back.
As you have noticed the problem went away when you reinstalled it.
And since ESCD is only changed at power-up/reset when parameters
are changed or interfaces added/removed (hence it survives a power-up/
reset) Windows is *still* changing it (but now back to correct values).

There's some people who have also come up with some good ideas ( a couple of
which are a little difficult to follow)

If you're interested, have a look for posts entitled "Fixed it! was AI7 and
ATA100 hard drive" dated yesterday (14th September).

cheers Folkert

RMC

Btw, your newsclient needs setting up.
So much for native english speaker supremacy.

 

[0_Qed]

Folkert ....snip...
Our conversation seems to be descending into a flame of sorts - ....snip...
cheers Folkert
RMC

<ROTFLMFAO> !!!!

"****Wit" lives by the old adage of
" ... sympathy is to be found in the Dictionary twixt 'x' & 'y' ...
the OED too.

I leave "it" to you to resolve 'x' & 'y'.

<ROTFLMFAO> !!!!
< laughing =with= you >



Qed.

PS- Ask TomG about his 'intercourse' with ****Wit.
.. < runs away & hides >

 

[0_Qed]

LOL I thought that *might* be his home but felt I should give him the
benefit of my doubt ...

....snip...

More <ROTFLMFAO> !!!

What, pray tell,
ever gave you the idea that ****Wit was a "him" ,
as opposed to a possible s/he/it ... ???


Qed.

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

LOL I thought that *might* be his home but felt I should give him the
benefit of my doubt ... other people are so much better at telling people
to FOAD and STFU, so I reasoned they'd tell him -

And the TROLLS usually will.

more effectively than I ever could.

Effective?
All they ever 'effectively' establish is making clear who the real
TROLL is and who the TROLL's minions are.

So then, you are the coward TROLL that's hiding in the background
hoping that the minions will finish the dirty work for you.

I smelled a rat in your first post and as usual I was right.
Still haven't lost my touch.

 

[JAD]

<<<<<<<snore))))))))))

drop your line some where else fisherman..head back to your tackle
box, this spot is dead. What's that sound when the bait hits the
water?..^PLONK^^^^^