diff --git a/reactos/drivers/dd/ide/ide.c b/reactos/drivers/dd/ide/ide.c
index bd6ff2c15c8..75f72ae251a 100644
--- a/reactos/drivers/dd/ide/ide.c
+++ b/reactos/drivers/dd/ide/ide.c
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ IDEPolledRead(IN WORD Address,
     {
 
         //  wait for DRQ or error
-      for (RetryCount = 0; RetryCount < IDE_MAX_DRQ_RETRIES; RetryCount++)
+      for (RetryCount = 0; RetryCount < IDE_MAX_POLL_RETRIES; RetryCount++)
         {
           Status = IDEReadStatus(Address);
           if (!(Status & IDE_SR_BUSY)) 
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ IDEPolledRead(IN WORD Address,
             }
           KeStallExecutionProcessor(10);
         }
-      if (RetryCount >= IDE_MAX_DRQ_RETRIES)
+      if (RetryCount >= IDE_MAX_POLL_RETRIES)
         {
           return IDE_ER_ABRT;
         }
@@ -1453,7 +1453,6 @@ IDEStartController(IN OUT PVOID Context)
         }
       KeStallExecutionProcessor(10);
     }
-Retries = IDE_MAX_BUSY_RETRIES;
   if (Retries >= IDE_MAX_BUSY_RETRIES)
     {
       if (++ControllerExtension->Retries > IDE_MAX_CMD_RETRIES)
@@ -1916,8 +1915,6 @@ IDEIoTimer(PDEVICE_OBJECT DeviceObject,
 {
   PIDE_CONTROLLER_EXTENSION  ControllerExtension;
 
-DPRINT("entered timer\n");
-
     //  Setup Extension pointer
   ControllerExtension = (PIDE_CONTROLLER_EXTENSION) Context;
 
diff --git a/reactos/drivers/dd/ide/ide.h b/reactos/drivers/dd/ide/ide.h
index a4efd0a142b..248761b2125 100644
--- a/reactos/drivers/dd/ide/ide.h
+++ b/reactos/drivers/dd/ide/ide.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define  IDE_SECTOR_BUF_SZ         512
 #define  IDE_MAX_SECTORS_PER_XFER  256
 #define  IDE_MAX_RESET_RETRIES     10000
+#define  IDE_MAX_POLL_RETRIES      100000
 #define  IDE_MAX_WRITE_RETRIES     1000
 #define  IDE_MAX_BUSY_RETRIES      100
 #define  IDE_MAX_DRQ_RETRIES       1000