DMA Settings for my HDD

Hello,

By right clicking the My Computer icon then properties and Device manager I get to the expand the disk drives and then double click the entry representing my HDD then settings again I see 2 available boxes that can be checked REMOVABLE and DMA. If the DMA box is available to be checked does this mean that my HDD supports running in DMA? Is this a verifiable way to see of my HDD supports DMA settings or is there a better way and if so can someone maybe help me out as I want to run DMA as it is suppose to help my HDD run smoother and faster as opposed to IPO. My HDD is a generic 20 gig and came with my puter when it was built. Are there ups and downs to running in DMA mode?

Thanks

FireDancer

 

Here ya' go:

Synopsis:
To Bus Master your system and determine whether your drive supports DMA:

Open System Properties in Control Panel (select Start > Settings > Control Panel)
Select the Device Manager tab
Click the + sign next to the Disk drives entry
Select the drive you want to enable for DMA and click Properties
On the Settings tab, there should be a DMA check box, if this box is unchecked, place a check mark. If there is no check box (or it is grayed out), your motherboard chipset does not support the bus master interface. If the check box is not checked after you restart your system, your hard disk probably has been automatically disabled again because the hard disk may not support a multiple-word DMA protocol. For more information see Microsoft's Knowledge Base Article No. 159560
You can use the same procedure to Bus Master your CD-ROM Drive.

Note: You do not need to install Bus Master drivers, they are already build in the Windows 98 system.

Details.......
http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/tune-35.shtml