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>From: Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Vintage Macs)
>Subject: Re: More about the Whiney Drives
>Date: Fri, Aug 2, 2002, 10:17 PM
>
> We were discussing HARD DRIVES, nothing else. There
> is no special driver installed on the hard drive.
> The OS supports the hard drive _controller_ which
> is built into the motherboard most of the time, has
> been for quite a number of years.
>
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> http://www.junkscience.com "All the Junk that's fit to Debunk!"
My Bad.
But, there are drivers specifically from disk drive manufacturers which
hugely improve the performance of PC IDE Drives. At issue:
Got a Western Digital 1.2 GIG IDE drive. Cheap. Put it into a newer PC.
Reads 500MB and is a b**ch to use, format and load an OS to.
I Get the WD EZ Formatter. Suddenly I've got all 1.2 GIGS back and it flies.
With the Mac, it's a similar story on some drives. If you ain't got a great
initializing utility, getting that drive to work at maximum potential will
be a hair puller.
Jeff
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