Running SMARTDrive with Windows and Future Domain's LDRIVE.SYS

• Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a

SUMMARY

According to Future Domain, SMARTDrive may be run with Future Domain's LDRIVE.SYS driver for its SCSI drive without risk of data loss if LDRIVE.SYS is loaded after SMARTDrive in the CONFIG.SYS file.

MORE INFORMATION

LDRIVE.SYS is a third-party disk partitioning driver that addresses partitions larger than 32 MB. Microsoft generally recommends that SMARTDrive not be used when using third-party disk partitioning drivers that create a nonstandard MS-DOS environment. However, for bus mastering disk controllers such as SCSI drives, SMARTDrive provides double buffering of data that is important for Windows operation.

Future Domain has tested this configuration extensively and supports running both these drivers concurrently, as long as the device line for SMARTDrive comes before LDRIVE.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS file. An alternative is to reformat and partition the hard drive with the MS-DOS FDISK program if this configuration is incompatible.

This information has been supplied by Future Domain and has not yet been fully researched or tested by Microsoft. For more information, contact Future Domain technical support.

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