[Discussion] Loading eCS to my Dell

[Thomas Clayton]

Ira,

F2-Setup has NOTHING to do with Windows (any version!)! It IS a Dell machine's way of accessing the hardware BIOS settings. (Most (generic) mainboards use "del"-key to do this.)

You can change AHCI --> ATA but, as I said previously, I do NOT know what affect(S) it would have on an ALREADY installed OpSys (WinXP). (Whether you're pre-existing Partition would still be visible / accessible is UNknown to me.)

Yes, to install eCS, I /THINK/ you have to use ATA mode. SATA performance might take a /slight/ downturn but it should still function very well.

I believe I owe you an apology as I did not get a reply back to you immediately after the holiday(S). (Now it's, already, Chinese New Year!)

Thomas Clayton


--- On Tue, 2/3/09, Ira N. Saxe <isaxe at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: Ira N. Saxe <isaxe at verizon.net>
> Subject: [Discussion] Loading eCS to my Dell
> To: discussion at lists.possi.org
> Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 11:01 AM


>  Under Windows XP F2-Setup, Drives and SATA
> Operations, my seting is AHCI, which is changable to
> ATA.  Can I change and/or change baack this setting
> without causing problems?  Also, could this enable
> loading of eCS? 

Regards, Ira Saxe