[ale] Response to my own post on UDMA issues.

[Michael Smith]

I just did a search on write verify and found this intersting blurb from 
Maxtor...

Enabling Write Verify provides an additional level of data verification to 
the already strong Error Correction Control (ECC) procedures implemented on 
Maxtor hard drives. This feature should only be enabled for applications 
that are writing extremely critical data to the hard drive.

from:

http://www.maxtor.com/products/diamondmax/techsupport/technicalprocedures/21
008.html

What I want to know is how the hard drive determines what is not critical 
data?  When I swap out is this not critical?  OK, I have to admit that WD 
does not do this so I have gained a new respect for WD.  These will 
probably be my last Maxtor drives.... and maybe my last IDE's...

-- 
Michael Smith
msmith at mikeandmel.com


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