About this tag
Discussions on WindowsForum.com about PATA (Parallel ATA) drives cover a range of compatibility and performance issues when using these older hard drives and optical drives with modern Windows versions. Common topics include Windows 7 and 8 not recognizing PATA drives, slow boot times, BSOD errors like 0x000000d1, and problems with data transfer modes such as PIO-4 instead of UDMA. Users also seek advice on dual-boot setups with PATA and SATA drives, installing Windows on PATA drives, and using PATA PCI controllers like the CMD648. Troubleshooting often involves checking BIOS settings, driver updates, and cable configurations.
  1. R

    Windows 8 Windows 8 BSOD Issue

    Hi, My system is restating daily 5-6 times with error "The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x000000d1 " CPU : Core 2 Quad 9300 Motherbaord : Ausu p5q pro RAM : 6 GB, Kingston 2 DIMM(1 GB), Corsair 2 DIMM (2) DDR2 Hard Drive : 5, 1 PATA & 4 SATA Graphic Card : Radon HD...
    • Ripu Daman
    • Thread
    • ausu bsod bugcheck computer corsair driver issues error graphics card hardware kingston netio.sys pata performance quad core ram restart sata troubleshooting windows 8
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  2. N

    Windows 7 Troubleshooting Slow Windows 7 Startup: Long Boot Times and System Specs

    So, I'm having a problem. When I startup windows 7 (more specs to follow), the BIOS loads, then a bit of a black screen, then the Starting Windows 7 screen, then a longer black screen, then the Welcome Screen, from there it loads the desktop. The entire startup is over 2 and a half minutes...
    • NEOidea
    • Thread
    • bios black screen boot issues drivers graphics hard drive ide intel motherboard pata performance ram safe mode specs startup windows 7
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  3. B

    Windows 7 Guidelines for Dual Installation of Windows 7 on PATA and SATA Drives

    I want to install Win7 on 2 H/Ds is there anything that I should be aware of before I start? One drive is PATA and the other is SATA I think I must select which drive to boot from in the BIOS' I realize I cannot run 2 instances of the same Win 7 at the same time and the end goal is to reduce...
  4. F

    Windows 7 WinFast ATA66 PATA PCI controller - CMD648

    Hi, WinFast ATA66 PATA PCI controller with popular CMD648 chip. Win7, both x64 & x86 recognize the controller properly. The controller is connected with optical drive working normally in UDMA-2 mode. Unfortunately, the transfer is possible in PIO-4 mode only. How to set the higher modes of data...
    • fonon
    • Thread
    • ata66 cmd648 controller data transfer drivers pata pci udma windows 7 winfast
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  5. EdAWood

    Windows 7 Win 7 Does Not Recognize All Installed Harddrives

    Hey all, I have recently installed Windows 7 Ultimate on my barebones system that I built. A physical descriptions is: Gigabyte GL-P945-PL-S3 Motherboard with an Intel Dual Core Processer running @ 2.3ghz Three (3) internal hdd. One (1) 1tb SATA, One (1) 250gb SATA, and...
    • EdAWood
    • Thread
    • bios disk management drive recognition drivers eide external drive hard drive hardware ide configuration installation issues internal drive partition pata sata settings storage issues system build troubleshooting usb drives windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  6. D

    Windows 7 Old Lap top XP hard drive won't get recognized on new Windows 7 laptop

    Hi all, Old laptop had XP. Died. (no, the issue is not the hard drive). Got a new laptop with Windows 7. Took out hard drive from old computer (Samsung model MP0804H, IDE PATA 80 Gigs), bought a generic enclosure (that operates of two USB ports for power and data). Upon plugging it in I get the...
    • dumbfounded
    • Thread
    • computer issues data recovery device recognition disk management driver issues enclosure hard drive ide legacy hardware old laptop operating system pata samsung storage tech support troubleshooting usb usb issues windows 7
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  7. J

    Windows 7 Error Messages/Not finding HD

    Hey all, I've spent the last two days trying to install Windows 7 and haven't gotten very far. I originally tried to delete XP and install win7 but my old Hard Drive wasn't very roomy so I bought a 320GB WD Caviar Blue PATA. After installing it, I get the error message 0xc00000e9. But only...
    • Jagular
    • Thread
    • 0xc00000e9 caviar blue error message hard drive installation legacy systems partition pata troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  8. S

    Windows 7 Old hard drive + new computer = no go

    I just built my new computer today and put on my old PATA hard drive. Win7 kind of worked on the old system but with all of the crashes I assumed the old Athelon2200+ w/2gig was not up to snuff. When I popped the old HD in, Win7 (32bit) coughed up a kidney and wouldn't start. Of course the...
    • Saint Cad
    • Thread
    • bios boot issues crash hard drive installation memory new computer pata repair windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  9. Thirucumaran

    Windows 7 Windows 7 setup says "No cd/dvd drivers found"

    Hi, I finally finished downloading windows 7 from a Bulgarian tracker. The torrent had the x64 and x86 versions of both English and the Bulgarian language. I burnt it onto my re-writable DVD using nero and then start up the installation. I selected the language and the time and all that...
  10. C

    Windows 7 Slipstream SATA drivers?

    Haven't checked if the Vlite people have made this possible yet, but how else am I to get the necessary drivers into an install? An *.exe of the drivers won't (presumably) install from the Win7 'load drivers' window, and anytime I've run the exe elsewhere, and written to a dvd, the same 'load...
  11. U

    Windows 7 Problems with Windows 7 installation on SATA HD.

    I am using a old motherboard which doesnt have a native SATA driver on the chipset (I think). When I installed WinXP on this computer I had to either use the press F2 (or was it F7) or something when installation, and have the driver on a floppy driver. Thats why I have a old 20 GB PATA disk...
    • unwill
    • Thread
    • asus compatibility drivers floppy drive hard drive installation k8v deluxe legacy hardware motherboard old hardware partition pata samsung sata silicon storage system drive windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
  12. J

    Windows 7 Gigabyte Motherboard Drivers GA-P35-DS3L

    Hi. I am using the latest build I could get hold of for the 64 bit version of windows 7 and am having a little trouble getting my motherboards SATA ports to work with it. My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L rev 2.0 board with an overclocked Core2Duo E7200 cpu, Radeon 3870 and a Creative...
    • jdlewis77
    • Thread
    • 64-bit audio drivers beta compatibility computer core 2 duo drivers ga-p35-ds3l gigabyte hardware issues motherboard overclocking pata radeon sata sound card tech support troubleshooting upgrade windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  13. N

    Windows 7 Do you know what socket this is?

    Look at the attatchment. I'm upgrading my old HP Pavillion tx2000's DVD tray. All I've found is that it is a "12.7 mm PATA" socket. ? Is there any other name for that?
    • nukenate
    • Thread
    • dvd tray hardware hp pavilion laptop upgrade pata peripheral socket specifications tech support upgrade
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  14. D

    Windows 7 Win & Boot up and Bios probs

    OK, had Win7 running fine with a 40gb WD HD. Win XP (sp3) runs fine on the 80 Gb HD. Decided to get a few bigger hd's and reinstall win 7 for the heck of it. My win XP SP3 works fine when booted up into it. My bios somehow got changed and this is what I came up with to get the thing to run...
    • dockmaster
    • Thread
    • bios settings boot issues boot menu clean install cmos drivers graphics driver hanging hard drive hardware hyperthreading installation legacy support master-slave pata performance peripheral sata windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
  15. D

    Windows 7 install fails to "windows could not finish configuring the system. to attempt to"

    resume configuration restart computer" i have more than enough to install this is a clean install on a 60 gig PATA HD. my pc is a P5N-E SLI asus MB.. 8800gt 512 MB video card. 2 gig pc6400 ram.. and theprocessor is e6850 dual core. so what gives?? i get no other info other than listed and when i...
    • dj3642
    • Thread
    • 8800gt asus clean install configuration dual core error installation motherboard pata ram reboot troubleshooting windows
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation