From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GyvBg-00071l-C5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 25 Dec 2006 19:08:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kBPJ5fte032646; Mon, 25 Dec 2006 19:05:41 GMT Received: from alnrmhc13.comcast.net (alnrmhc13.comcast.net [206.18.177.53]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBPJ3MCR028300 for ; Mon, 25 Dec 2006 19:03:23 GMT Received: from [127.0.0.1] (c-68-61-57-176.hsd1.mi.comcast.net[68.61.57.176]) by comcast.net (alnrmhc13) with ESMTP id <20061225190321b1300q6tmke>; Mon, 25 Dec 2006 19:03:21 +0000 Message-ID: <45902078.7020603@comcast.net> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:03:20 -0500 From: Chris Walters User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Follow-up on the HDD problems... References: <458D03AB.1050409@comcast.net> <200612241325.22352.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200612241325.22352.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0662-1, 12/24/2006), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Archives-Salt: 1be41441-331a-4169-a3e1-183ada6c1045 X-Archives-Hash: 431c4fc4ce03a951703860cbe39296fd -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Mick wrote: > On Saturday 23 December 2006 10:23, Chris Walters wrote: >> Some of you may remember the problem I was having with my SATA II HDD in >> Windows XP (but not in Linux). To recap: My drive got switched from >> UDMA mode to PIO mode in Windows (only). I ended up having to reinstall >> Windows. >> >> After some careful investigation, I found that the problem was caused by >> the copy protection of a game - Superpower 2. Worse, the problem was >> not corrected when I removed the game. It took either a full reinstall >> of the OS, or a restoration of the windows registry from before I >> installed the game to fix this problem. >> >> I know that this will not affect dedicated Linux users, but it can >> affect those of you who use both windows and Linux. > > I've never heard of such a case before! I can't even begin to understand why > copy protection will screw up an OS' settings. Have you complained to the > game's suppliers? Following Sony's screw-up with their copy protection > trojan it may be time to start asking for compensation from all game coders > out there who take liberties with your OS (even if half the problem may well > lie with the particular OS?). Hi Mick, Yes, I did complain to the the game's makers. I have yet to receive a reply. The funny thing about this game is that it uses a CD Key, yet it continually checks the CD - this is not funny, since it puts stress on my optical drive. As for part of the problem being with the OS, I used this same game with another system, running XP Pro, and this problem didn't occur. Of course, with windows, you never know... Regards, Chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFFkCB1Ux1jS/ORyCsRCEGUAJ9NNZaW4pZ+wq/fLHz+R2nqtx6VyACfQ/SD eOcbdWGWGLMWDM3ZeZv+AI0= =W2MY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list