DMA in Windows XP

[lemarr]

I tried to back up a couple of my music cd's and they have some skipping or pausing. How can I tell if DMA is enabled for both my cd rom drives? I had this problem when I used windows 98 and turning on DMA fixed the problem.

Thanks

 

[RaiderJ]

goto the system icon in the control panel. go to the hardware tab, and device manager. double click the primary/seconday/etc ide channel from the menu, and you should be able to select "DMA if available" option from one of the tabs. Restart, and you should be good to go