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Why does Windows 2000 Device Manager list my IDE devices as SCSI devices ?

April 26, 2017device Devices IDE list manager SCSI Windows

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Why does Windows 2000 Device Manager list my IDE devices as SCSI devices ?

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In the Windows 2000 hierarchy of device recognition, IDE is located lower than SCSI. Therefore all third-party vendor IDE drivers are misinterpreted by Windows 2000 as being SCSI drivers. This misinterpretation has no impact on system performance or compatibility.