IDE Diag documentation

[ http://www.penguin.cz/~mhi/idediag/ ]
Copyright (c) 2000 Martin Hinner, <[email protected]>

Unfortunately this documentation is not yet finished, but it's probably better than nothing ;-)

What is IDE Diag, who can use it and why did I write it. Brief history of HDD controllers

Precursors to IDE (ST-506/412, ESDI, MFM, ...). SCSI and IDE interface, IDE bus versions (XT IDE, MCA IDE, ATA). IDE cables

Pin-outs of IDE cables Using IDE Diag

How to use this program. General disk information

Drive size, vendor, model, revision, configuration and access modes. Hard disk geometry

What is a disk geometry, disk size limitations. S.M.A.R.T.

Introductiont to "Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology", using IDE Diag to show some useful information. Disk verification

How does the IDE Diag media verification work. WDC Files

Western Digital drives internal disk structures.

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