Manual installation for Windows NT4 =================================== (for version prior 23b) Note: THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. Installation steps: 1. make a copy of your default Hardware Profile and set it as Default a) My Computer->Properties->Hardware Profiles b) select the Prrolile, marked as (Current) usually it's name is "Original Configuration" c) click on Copy button & name your copy (for ex. "UniATA") d) place UniATA profile at the top of list by clicking Up Arrow button e) click on Apply button 2. copy idedma.sys to your WINNT/System32/drivers directory 3. register driver in system a) make "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root" writeable for Administrator using RegEdt32 (Security->Permissions) b) import idedma.reg into registry (just press Enter on this file) c) restore original parmissions on "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root" 4. reboot your computer 5. disable "Universal ATA Driver" driver in Original Configuration HW Profile a) Control Panel->Devices b) select driver from list (idedma) c) click on HW Profiles button d) disable driver in appropriate HW Profile by selecting Profile Name from list and clicking Enable button e) click on OK button 7. disable "Atapi" driver in UniATA HW Profile IMPORTANT !!! If you have installed IDE/ATA/BusMaster drivers from Motherboard's CD, the initial state of "Atapi" driver would be "Disabled" !!! In this case you should disable that driver instead of "Atapi" !!! 8. set startup mode of "Universal ATA Driver" to Boot by clicking Startup button You should see the following: --- Universal ATA Driver --- Startup: Boot HW Profiles: UniATA - Enabled Original Configuration - Disabled --- Atapi --- Startup: Boot HW Profiles: UniATA - Disabled Original Configuration - Enabled 8. reboot your computer