Journal Chacham's Journal: Chronicle: Mother's computer slows down or freezes (2) 2
Continuing on my mother's computer , i took Com2kid's, Cyberdyne's, and Bill Dog's advice, and checked PIO Mode. I had no idea how to check what mode it was in, but it was set to "DMA if possible". A little googling and checking the registry, i reset the error counts, rebooted and all was better. Thanx!
If it happens again... (Score:1)
Think about possibly replacing the HD, it could be its way out. One reason Windows will sets a HD to PIO mode is if too many errors occur running it at DMA speeds.
Re: (Score:1)
Well, i guess we'll worry about that if it happens again.