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?). -- Regards, Mick
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