hi guys, i am relatively new to this but i just recently read somewhere that the standard windows 98 IDE drivers (Generic IDE Disk Type 47, its called i think) are useless or pathetic because its slow and you can't enable ultra DMA mode in Windows. is this true?
if so i wondered if anyone called pass me links or suggestions to update my drivers. if i do know how to eventually update it would i need to re-format my disk or something to do so and if not would i lose any data if i update?
thanks
heres my chipset and HDD spec:
MSI 6166 Board - Intel 440BX Chipset with intergrated ATI graphics (16meg agp)
Seagate Barrucada Ultra ATA/66 ST320430A
win 98 se
since i own a 440bx chipset i would have to settle for ata33. i looked on the seagate website for updates but it doesn't seem to have any for my model. But i manage to visit the intel site and found a 440bx compatible ide update which is called, Bus Master IDE Drivers V3.02, i mean would this be ok. your opinions would be appreciated, thanks for reading the long post.
if so i wondered if anyone called pass me links or suggestions to update my drivers. if i do know how to eventually update it would i need to re-format my disk or something to do so and if not would i lose any data if i update?
thanks
heres my chipset and HDD spec:
MSI 6166 Board - Intel 440BX Chipset with intergrated ATI graphics (16meg agp)
Seagate Barrucada Ultra ATA/66 ST320430A
win 98 se
since i own a 440bx chipset i would have to settle for ata33. i looked on the seagate website for updates but it doesn't seem to have any for my model. But i manage to visit the intel site and found a 440bx compatible ide update which is called, Bus Master IDE Drivers V3.02, i mean would this be ok. your opinions would be appreciated, thanks for reading the long post.