I had and still have a problem were XP changed my IDE primary channel from DMA to PIO for my Plextor DVD burner. It takes around 1 hr and 13 minutes to burn a DVD in PIO mode and around 8 min. to burn in DMA mode. This is a known problem that Microsoft acknowledges but offers no solution for an OEM machine. They want you to pay for the hotfix. I thought that I had resolved the issue by deleting the channels and re-booting. This worked the first time but it happened again the other day and when I delete the channels and re-boot XP will not recognize the driver and will not install the channels. You have to do a system restore to get back to square one. Anyone have any suggestions on what to do.
Thanks,
Vinnie
