Safe to uninstall IDE Controllers?

[plonialmoni]

The device manager list shows double entries for:
- Primary IDE Channel
- Secondary IDE Channel
- Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Is it safe to uninstall all this entries, reboot, and let WinXP reinstall them? Thanks.

 

[Fragrant Coit]

Yes, it's common practice when a HDD is running PIO mode as opposed to UDMA.

Does your board have 2 channel SATA as well as IDE? If so, that could be what's showing up