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Does it support BIOS disk translation software?

April 26, 2017BIOS disk Software support Translation

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Does it support BIOS disk translation software?

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No, it does not. This is software like the OnTrack Disk Manager (and there are others) that installs itself in the MBR and loads code to access a larger drive than the BIOS is capable of. The problem with BIOS disk translation software is that it creates an incompatible environment for these reasons. (1) It remaps the drive so that the sectors are not in the correct places, LBA 0 is NOT LBA 0 on a drive with this software installed. (2) Booting any other way but from the hard drive results in not loading the disk translation software, which results in corrupted access to the drive. (3) It is prone to problems in which is becomes corrupted and the users entire drive becomes inaccessble. (4) It is NOT a compatible way to fix the issue, a newer BIOS is proper way to solve the issue.