Does the EWF verify data written during restart or shut down?



Mark K Vallevand
07-09-2005, 10:27 PM
Does the EWF verify data written during restart or shut down? We have some
Compact Flash devices that don't seem to hold data consistantly. We'd like
some kind of verify and retry. Is there something in the IDE driver or the
EWF that would do this?


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Matt Kellner \(MS\)
07-09-2005, 10:27 PM
Hi Mark. Unfortunately, no, EWF does not validate its data. It relies on
the OS to write the data properly, so if for some reason data is not written
correctly or the device corrupts that data, EWF itself won't pick up on
this.

You might be able to use CHKDSK or another disk scanning utility to verify
the integrity of the data, but this is not guaranteed and may cause the
overlay to fill up with extra writes.

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"Mark K Vallevand" <mark.vallevand@unisys.com> wrote in message
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> Does the EWF verify data written during restart or shut down? We have
> some Compact Flash devices that don't seem to hold data consistantly.
> We'd like some kind of verify and retry. Is there something in the IDE
> driver or the EWF that would do this?
>
>
> --
> Regards.
> Mark K Vallevand Mark.Vallevand@Unisys.com
>
> Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
> - Benjamin Franklin
>
>
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Mark K Vallevand
07-09-2005, 10:27 PM
Does the IDE driver have a feature/option to verify the data it writes?

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Mark K Vallevand Mark.Vallevand@Unisys.com

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"Matt Kellner (MS)" <mattkell@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Mark. Unfortunately, no, EWF does not validate its data. It relies on
> the OS to write the data properly, so if for some reason data is not
> written correctly or the device corrupts that data, EWF itself won't pick
> up on this.
>
> You might be able to use CHKDSK or another disk scanning utility to
> verify the integrity of the data, but this is not guaranteed and may cause
> the overlay to fill up with extra writes.
>
> --
> Matt Kellner (mattkell@online.microsoft.com)
> STE, Windows Embedded Group
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> ===============================
>
> "Mark K Vallevand" <mark.vallevand@unisys.com> wrote in message
> news:eAiZPBpcFHA.3216@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Does the EWF verify data written during restart or shut down? We have
>> some Compact Flash devices that don't seem to hold data consistantly.
>> We'd like some kind of verify and retry. Is there something in the IDE
>> driver or the EWF that would do this?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards.
>> Mark K Vallevand Mark.Vallevand@Unisys.com
>>
>> Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
>> - Benjamin Franklin
>>
>>
>> THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY
>> MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you
>> received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail
>> and its attachments from all computers.
>>
>>
>>
>
>


Does the EWF verify data written during restart or shut down?