Sonic'

Which is better

I dont have a slipstreamed XP with the SATA drivers included, nor do I have a floppy drive with drivers on

So when I installed XP on my laptop, I had to switch the BIOS SATA mode off so that XP would recognise the hard drive

Now apparently I can add the SATA driver now XP is installed and switch the SATA mode in the BIOS back on

Is there any difference in speed or is it so negligible that it isnt worth it?

WRXewl

iTrader: (1)

I had to do this on some laptops when just got as they came with vista but with a downgrade license for me to put xp on and would only load xp with SATA mode off. A faster rate talking to the hdd and a slightly longer battery life with it enabled.

I followed this link and turned it back:- My Tech Blog: Enabling SATA Native Mode after XP Install

WRXewl

iTrader: (1)

Don't know what make of laptop he has the ones I was on were HP and the F6 method loaded the driver but windows still didn't want to play ball so had to do it the way the link did

Sonic'

Mine is a HP too, and I did say in my first post I dont have a floppy drive, or a slipstreamed install cd, so I had to do the way everyone else does

Ill try the sata drivers as the laptop is primarily used for audio recording