awdrifter3
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Originally Posted by WD
Attached is the WD TLER Utility. Youll need to perform the following steps to enable TLER on our SATA drives. Please do not share, post, or distribute this utility. We are sending you the software to see if it works in your situation.
1) Create a DOS-bootable floppy
Title: Create an MS-DOS Startup Disk
URL: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...s/renken1.mspx
2) Unzip the contents of WDTLER.zip to the boot floppy
3) Insert the boot floppy into the computer with the WD SATA drives
4) Boot the computer off the floppy
5) At the DOS prompt, type TLER-ON and press ENTER
6) Wait for the program to finish and then remove the boot floppy
7) Restart the computer with the WD SATA drives
Note: This utility will change every drive attached. Disconnect any drives that you do not want to be changed.
Just so that you are aware, this utility may not be able to read drives on some controllers. If the utility fails, please try the drive on a different controller and see if the utility is successful.
Sincerely,
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Western Digital Service and Support
http://support.wdc.com
Supposely these are the instructions from an WD email. I've found the WD TLER utility, but I've also found some people said the TLER should be turned off in a Raid set up. So which is correct? Should I turn it on or off? Thanks.