Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mcnc!ecsvax.uncecs.edu!trent From: trent@uncecs.edu (Glenn Jordan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: WD cache HD controller disable Summary: Either version Spinrite OK here Keywords: Hard disk, controller, western digital, help Message-ID: <1990Mar2.065127.2203@uncecs.edu> Date: 2 Mar 90 06:51:27 GMT References: <12570040897043@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <25ec7864.2f4@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service Lines: 5 The _original_ Spinrite will work fine on a WD1006V-SR2 controlled hard-disk, right folks? The caching that needs to be disabled for Spinrite is only the processor implemented caching you would get with a software cache. Not the on board track cache used to make 1-to-1 interleave possible...