![]() ![]() I bought it two years ago I think when Sandisk had the interesting idea of selling their USB sticks not as removable devices but as fixed disk devices. ![]() This is quite interesting because I realized something about a Sandisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB stick I have. Because this is false advertising and misleading labeling of product. I believe, that there is open possibility to lawsuit against SanDisk and any other CF card producing company, that produces products, that does not meet the CF card specifications. I'm quite mad at SanDisk - they should rename themselves as ScamDisk, because they are selling not CF cards, but CF compatible *) cards, with the *) exception for the possibility to change removable to fixed bit. ![]() You cannot use the CF card for anything w/o that. The CF card is completely useless, unless someone tell me how to change the removable bit to fixed. In short ISTM that Windows XP can quite happily work with a CF card, even one that has multiple partitions, but cannot install itself on one. A CFA device also sets bit #2 of word #83 to indicate that it supports the CFA feature set.į) SET FEATURES Enable/Disable 8-bit transfer However, a CFA device sets this bit and reports 848Ah for word #0. The standard specifies that a true ATA HDD should clear bit #15 in word #0 of the 512-byte Identify Device information block. How to make any Compact Flash card or Microdrive boot Windows XP:Īs for why Windows sees the drive as removable, I consulted the ATA standard: Back-up files provide you with the ability to roll-back any driver to an earlier version if something interrupts or corrupts the process.I found the following article which explains how to use Linux to create a bootable Win XP environment on a CF drive: An update program not only provides the right drivers that are compatible with your hardware, but it also guarantees that there is a backup of current drivers before any changes are made. It is strongly recommended to use a driver updating program as updates can be time consuming and complex. Installing the wrong driver, or simply an incompatible version of the right driver, can make your problems even worse. Although you might have plenty of experience in handling Microdrive drivers, there still is a lot of time involved in this update process. It is often hard to find a right solution to a Microdrive hardware-related error by visiting Hitachi's website. The best part is that your Hard Drive drivers can always be modified to solve the laptop dilemma. ![]() Device drivers can fail without any apparent reason. Microdrive is prone to system errors related to corrupt or outdated device drivers. Microdrive has available drivers version on Windows. ![]()
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