DMA needs to be enabled in windows
http://www.onthegosoft.com/dma_setting_nt.htm

you might try enabling 32bit transfer too

If your not already use an 80 wire cable to the old drive.

On 24/11/10 11:28, ivp wrote:
>> check that DMA is enabled for the drive, look at the SATA modes
>> you have available in bios if you can't enable DMA
>>     =20
> What I see in BIOS set-up is
>
> ST3500418AS (SATA)
>
> PIO Mode : 4
> Asynch DMA : MultiWord DMA-2
> Ultra DMA : Ultra DMA-6
> DMA Mode : [Auto]
> 32-bit Transfer : [Disabled]
>
> Select DMA Mode
> Auto : Auto Detected
> SWDMAn : SingleWord DMAn
> MWDMAn : MultiWord DMAn
> UDMAn : Ultra DMAn
>
> Samsung SP0802N (Primary Slave boot)
>
> PIO Mode : 4
> Asynch DMA : MultiWord DMA-2
> Ultra DMA : Ultra DMA-5
> DMA Mode : [Auto]
> 32-bit Transfer : [Disabled]
>
> Joe
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