>--------------- danb@tiac.net (danb)
>
>>> Current versions of DOS and Windows NT do not 
>>> use PIO mode transfers, so the bug does not 
>>> show up when running DOS or Windows. I believe,
>>> though, that PIO mode is better for multitasking, 
>>> so it may show up in the future.
>
>This is confusing. PIO stands (last time I checked) for Programmed I/O, 
>which is exactly how IDE transfers are normally performed under MSDOS, 
>Windows, Windows NT, OS/2, etc etc.
>
>Dan
>
>

For more Hard Disk Related Issues check out the
following sites

http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/ata/ - Daniel Tauritz' ATA home page
ftp://ftp.wi.leidenuniv.nl:/pub/faqs - ATA Info
http://www.ptltd.com/phoenix.html - Phoenix Technologies
ftp://ftp.symbios.com/pub/standards/io/ata - ATA-1 Standard
http://www.seagate.com/techsuppt/techpaper/- Technical info on EIDE
ftp://ftp.wdc.com - Western Digital FTP site
http://www.wdc.com - Western Digital Web site
tech@ontrack.com - Ontrack tech support
http://www.st.nepean.uws.edu.au/users/mhobbs/index.htm- hard drive specs
http://www.quantum.com/- Quantum
http://www.rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet_by_name/comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware (or
something pretty close) - FAQ


