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What is ATA/IDE?

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What is ATA/IDE? Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) is a generic term applied to any drive with an integrated (built-in) disk controller. The first drives with integrated controller were Hardcards. In the IDE architecture, the disk controller is integrated into the drive.…

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Western Digital Backup Plan

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Computers can and do fail and you usually get no warning before it’s too late. Backing up your data is no longer the chore that it once was. Here are some tips from Western Digital to help make it easier. Get organized Put all the documents you create, the pictures you take, and the music you buy in a single master folder.…

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What is Logical Block Addressing (LBA)?

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Logical Block Addressing (LBA) is a mathematical scheme for addressing sectors, beginning at cylinder 0, head 0 and sector 1, which is equal to LBA 1. This scheme linearly maps the drive until the final physical sector is reached. LBA is efficient because it reduces some system overhead by not having to convert the operating system’s LBA to the BIOS CHS and then back to drive LBA.…

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MS-DOS Compatibility Mode Issues

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The Performance tab in System Properties shows that one or more of the hard disks in your computer is using “MS-DOS Compatibility mode“. MS-DOS compatibility mode may be in use for either the file system or for virtual memory. You may also receive the following message: “Compatibility Mode Paging reduces overall system performance”.…

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IDE/EIDE Interface Part I

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This is a general description of the most frequently asked questions about the IDE/EIDE Interface. This information is meant only to address basic troubleshooting of IDE/EIDE compatibility issues, and is not meant to be an in-depth discussion of all possible error issues.…

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