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Originally Posted by bogart
I've also done a few tests and I can confirm that Windows XP loads significantly longer, around an additional 20 seconds, after the login/Welcome screen while HDD Protection ( v1.2.00.08140 and v2.1.00.15140) is running under AHCI mode. However, besides the long loading time, it functions fine. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll make note of it in the original post. |
Following up, I had both the HDD protection utility and driver installed. I noted that my laptop hung after resuming from a few hours of Sleep mode. Happened twice. I have now uninstalled the HDD protection driver (leaving the utility installed only), and will see what happens.
BTW, the 20 second pause thing happens also after a resume from Hibernate for me.
UPDATE: In the end I have stopped using the HDD protection driver and utility. It doesnt seem to work properly using AHCI (in Vista, at least). I dont mind the 20 second pause during bootup, but sometimes the system will hang after a resume from hibernate/standby.