Need To Re-Format IDE Drives When Changing Controllers?

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From: Will Estes
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 03:20

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Is there a need to re-format an IDE drive when it is placed on a
different manufacturer's host adapter in the same PC?  I noticed while
changing an IDE drive the other day that the new IDE host adapter was
able to read and write to an IDE drive formatted by another
manufacturer's host adapter without any obvious problems.

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Will Estes		Internet: westes@netcom.com

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Date: 20 Dec 1992 19:20:34 -0800
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