On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 07:57:00 -0400 (EDT), PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx wrote/replied to: >Encoding private data in DNG format can lead to problems. The Jaz Drives >removeable disks had a secret partition on the disks that allocated the disk to >always have 1 gig of good sectors hiding the bad sectors and allocating some >good extra sector to take their place. Problem was if you used the >removeable disk as a hard drive and copied under the current windows operating system >or mac system the copying process got confused and put down partial or extra >partitions. Then when one put the broken disk in the drive the drive would >keep spining as it could read the data correctly. Finally the drive would >break. I broke four drives like this. I still have two broken drive, one in my >old Windows 95 computer and one external one from my Windows 98 computer and I >got 10 1gig that I can erase the data off. Since I keep my pictures backup on >three sets of hard drives that I copied on a regular basis I be very wary of >private data that is encoded in the files that I couldn't access. Say no more, Iomega made the worst crap in computer history. Ditto, Jaz, everything they put out stunk. Is that a word? Guy at work on CAD station years ago had a Jaz drive. Nothing but trouble. No support, no help, no replacement, just junk. Big bucks too. The idea was great, but the implementation, good grief. They must have been a branch of Creative Labs... -- Jim Davis, Owner, Eastern Beaver Company http://easternbeaver.com/ Relay Kits - Powerlet Products - Posi-Lock Products Wiring Kits, Fusebox Kits, Parts, Information
