John Barnes

No one was talking about RAID, which does need drivers. Name one IDE
controller that doesn't function with default IDE drivers.

"DevilsPGD" <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote in message
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> In message <uhNxOZ7fHHA.4980@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl> "John Barnes"
> <jbarnes@email.net> wrote:
>
>>There hasn't been a change in IDE standards since XP that would require
>>any
>>drivers but the Microsoft supplied atapi.sys and ataport.sys
>>Just curious what driver you have installed.
>
> The IDE standard may not have changed, but that doesn't mean that there
> aren't IDE controllers which need updated drivers.
>
> It's possible the controller adds some of it's own memory for caching,
> for example. RAID is another example, although less likely on a laptop
> (but not impossible, I have a laptop that supports three physical
> drives)
>
> --
> I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.