Nažalost, jedan od poznatih zafrka sa XP - om. Evo jedne od preporučene procedure:
(Device Manager: IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers -> Primary/Secondary IDE Channel -> Advanced Settings tab -> Device 0/1, Transfer Mode)
First, set the device that keep stuck in PIO mode to PIO mode only. Reboot.
Then set the device again to Use UDMA if available. Reboot.... Wowlah! The hard drive is now in UDMA mode!
Više:
http://www.google.hr/search?hl=hr&q=xp+dma+problem&meta=
http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6645
Evo čitam po netu, pa da pitam, jeli slučajno u pitanju VIA chipset?. Ako je u gornjem linku piše rješenje (viaarena.com - VIA miniport drivers).
http://winhlp.com/WxDMA.htm
Ukoliko ništa ne pomogne, a pod predpostavkom da je hardware ispravan rješenje je "čisti" install.