Windows 2000 does not support ATA 100 (Mode 5) for IDE hard disks.

M$ does not support ATA mode5 (ATA 1000) in Windows 2000 until you place this patch on the system. Just FYI for everyone.

<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q260/2/33.ASP" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q260/2/33.ASP</a>

FYI: That patch is included in Service Pack 2.

Thanks a bunch for this post! It will help me fix my wife's computer that I am sure has this problem.