Erwin Craps
Erwin.Craps at ithelps.be
Thu Aug 28 10:32:51 CDT 2003
Yes, also for some removable types. I seen some removable boxes where you can put your on ATA disk in... As soon when you use the ATA (IDE) controller in the computer you can have this. When the IDE controllers (on the mainboard) uses the same chipset you should not have that problem, but i would not bet on that. There is also a rule that says that you need to format the drive in the position you gonna use it. Some pc the disk is verticaly mounted some horizontaly. If you change the orientation this could lead to troubles. A reformat is advised. Nobody does it, but that something else... But I'm positivly sure mixing controllers (IDE/ATA but not SCSI) can lead to corruptions if not reformatted. I believe (it would be very stuppid if not) that any USB/firewire does not have this prob because the controller is built in the box... Erwin Craps Zaakvoerder www.ithelps.be/jonathan This E-mail is confidential, may be legally privileged, and is for the intended recipient only. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution, or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited and may be a criminal offence. Please delete if obtained in error and E-mail confirmation to the sender. IT Helps - I.T. Help Center *** Box Office Belgium & Luxembourg www.ithelps.be * www.boxoffice.be * www.stadleuven.be IT Helps bvba* ** Mercatorpad 3 ** 3000 Leuven IT Helps * Phone: +32 16 296 404 * Fax: +32 16 296 405 E-mail: Info at ithelps.be Box Office ** Fax: +32 16 296 406 ** Box Office E-mail: Staff at boxoffice.be -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Steven W. Erbach [mailto:serbach at new.rr.com] Verzonden: donderdag 28 augustus 2003 14:08 Aan: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Onderwerp: Re: [dba-Tech] Security measures Erwin, >> If you write on a disk formatted by an other system (controller) you risk corrupting the drive. This is due to the sector translating trics controllers use (or something). << Is this true for non-removable drives? I ask because I've swapped drives around when assembling new systems using existing drives. Regards, Steve Erbach Scientific Marketing Neenah, WI If architects built buildings the way programmers built applications, the first woodpecker to come along would cause the end of civilization. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com