Stop relying on software to fix hardware. Replace your ide ribbon cable
with an 80 wire version.

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Jonny
"spjr2" <spjr2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a CD-RW and a DVD-RW running in XP Home Edition.I have to set the
> drives to PIO only in the advanced IDE settings in order to
record.However,I
> have to change to DMA if available to listen to music. Any suggestions?