win xp sets my drives to PIO mode!!!

[packer]

I had the same problem as you, do yhou have an Epox 8k7a/+ mobo? i had to set the bios settin,g of the ide channel on to pio mode to work becuase i installed ide tool and the via 4n1s Xp auto puts 4N1 on and then i changed the bios settings back to mode2 or dma and deleted IDe tool. i cant remember what i did but i can't tellyou now because i am in france and not at my computer