First post, by Sephiroth, The Great
Which drivers should I install under Windows 98SE/ME? There are way too many versions of this drivers.
I have Asrock 775Dual-VSTA with Core 2 Duo and dual boot system (ME + XP). I have IDE LG DVD/CD combo drive on master, on another master I have IDE to SATA converter and 128GB SanDisk SSD (for Windows 98SE/ME) connected to it. I have nothing as slaves. And I have 2 hard drives on SATA ports for Windows XP (128 GB SSD for system and 2TB SSHD for files/programs/games).
So which version of VIA 4 in 1 Hyperion (Pro) chipset drivers should I use under Windows 98SE/ME? Those versions differ a lot.
Versions up to 5.00 have IDE Filter drivers which is needed to support UDMA 6 (I activated UDMA 6 in BIOS), but is it needed for my IDE to SATA converter with 128GB SanDisk SSD and can it benefit from it? If yes, then I should choose drivers with IDE Filter drivers and if not, then I can choose drivers without it.
Versions 5.00 and 5.01 don't have IDE Filter drivers.
Then versions from 5.04 to 5.07 (if I am not mistaken) got again those IDE Filter drivers.
Then from version 5.08 they get something called PATA/SATA IDE Driver (but not IDE Filter drivers).
And then newest versions have something called VIA IDE Falcon Storage Device driver (I have no idea what that is).
So which version of this driver would be best in my case? I would prefer a newest driver with no drawbacks and best functionality and support in my scenario.
I also wonder if one of those drivers would let me see SATA drives under Windows 98SE/ME. I am not sure if I would want that. It could be nice functionality to see and use and copy from/to Windows XP drives under Windows 98SE/ME. But It also has a potential risk. AFAIK Windows 98SE/ME does not correctly see/understands hard drives bigger than 128GB, so if I copied some files to Windows XP 2TB hard drive under Windows 98SE/ME it could result in data corruption/overwrite.