| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 1 Jun 2001 at 08:22:51 |
| Subject: | Re: Max transfer Rates |
Elizabeth Green said,
> Hello Neil
>>> Don't fool around with it, leave it as default!
>> The default is WRONG. You *will* corrupt data by using the default value
>> on many IDE drives.
> So, my default figure is wrong. I will change to what you recommend -but do
> I then have to change any other values? eg Mask.
No, the Mask value is usually correct.
> The drive when corrupt won't boot - it spins up, gets about half way through
> start-up, and then 'chatters'
That sounds more like a bad block on the drive, rather than corupt data.
You shouldn't have any trouble reading data that's been written when the
MaxTransfer was too high, is just won't be the same data you wrote. This
only applies to files larger than the buffer size of the HD, usually 64K
or 128K.
Cheers
Neil
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