09-05-13 04:19 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Backup software

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 EV>09-02-13 15:19 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Backup software

 EV> TW> {at}MSGID: 
 EV>Tom,

 EV>I noticed that in the BIOS of my HP a1430n XP computer that
 EV>I got in 2006 that they are called IDE but the MB connectors
 EV>and the 250MB HDD are SATA.

 TW> Fro Win XP that is the recomended set up. For Vista and Win 7
 TW> using the ACHI settting is recomended so the SATA Drive can use
 TW> NCQ

 TW> NCQ
 TW> Web definitions

 TW>     Native Command Queuing (NCQ) is a technology designed to
 TW> increase
 TW>     performance of SATA hard disks under certain conditions by
 TW> allowing
 TW>     the individual hard disk to internally optimize the order
 TW> in which
 TW>     received read and write commands are executed. ....

Tom,

Thanks for the explanation, it saved me going to the web to learn
what NCQ, I've seen the term ACHI but will have ta look it up now.

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