Intel 800 User Manual

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9. 
Intel® Ultra ATA Companion 
9.1 Description 
The Intel® Ultra ATA Companion is a Win32 application which works in tandem with the Intel 
Ultra ATA Storage Driver to provide detailed, useful information about the storage subsystem. 
The Intel Ultra ATA Companion queries the Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver to obtain detailed 
Ultra ATA Controller and device information, which is displayed on the screen and can be saved 
to a log file. The Intel Ultra ATA Companion can also be used to set a particular ATA or ATAPI 
device's transfer mode limit. 
The Intel Ultra ATA Companion is installed via the Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver Setup 
program. For more information on running the setup program, please refer to the section titled 
"Obtaining and Installing the Intel® Ultra ATA Storage Driver." 
9.2  Using the Intel® Ultra ATA Companion 
After the Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver has been successfully installed and the system has 
rebooted, the following program group will appear: