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There is a command named DOWNLOAD MICROCODE but I don't know of any drives that implement it or if they do implement it there are vendor specific and very proprietary requirements to make it work. The short answer to Gena Pat's question: Use the vendor's programs - you will never be able to create a program that will work right. Hale --Original Message Text--- From: Gana Pat Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 09:56:22 -0800 Hi Folks, I want to write a drive firmware update utility for ATA HDDs. (There are some rationale why I don't want to use Drive manufacturer's FW update util). What command is used to update the drive firmware in the ATA drives ? Is this standard across all the vendors ? Any hint in this area would be really helpful to me. Thanks, Gana *** Hale Landis *** www.ata-atapi.com ***
