Mon, 05 Jun 2006
Windows XP Professional Does Not Support RAID-1
Brain explody!
OMG, OMG, OMG, WTF. Okay. Get a grip Lee. It's only software. It's only the
most popular operating system in the universe. There must be a way. And of
course
there is.
Here's the summary of what this guide explains. There are three system files on
a Windows XP Professional system that limit the functionailty of the Disk
Manager Snap-in. They limit this functionality by containing a text string of
"WINNT" or "SERVERNT". The implication here is that a "home" user would never
need a "server" feature like disk mirroring (RAID-1). By changing this string
using a binary editor, this feature of Windows becomes "unlocked". That's
right, this feature is not determined by the programs included in Windows, it
is determined by a very short string of text embedded in those programs. They are
completely capable of doing this feature as shipped but Microsoft has decided
that it is not in your best interest to do this.
Please refer to the brain explody graphic above.posted at: 00:44 | path: /hacking | permanent link to this entry
