NTFS Integrity Problems with Large Stripe Sets

ID: Q124958

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

When you use a large hard disk drive (for example, a Seagate 9 GB) for a stripe set with or without parity on NTFS, you may experience file corruption and data integrity problems.

CAUSE

The fault tolerance (FT) driver stripe code calculates the row for I/O using 64-bit math. However, when building the IRP for the I/O it calculates the byte offset from the "row" value using 32-bit math.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server version 3.5. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):


   S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt

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