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Effectively, TLER and similar features limit the performance of on-drive error handling, to allow RAID controllers to handle the error if problematic. In a non-RAID environment, such features are unhelpful, and manufacturers do not recommend their use.

TLER can be enabled or disabled on certain Western Digital drives, using the tool WDTLER on a DOS bootdisk. Western Digital states that this feature cannot be disabled. [http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1478] However users and independedindependent editors have have reported that this feature can be disabled. [http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q3/wd-500s/index.x?pg=1] [http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=38385&sid=16f0f601b1174a4ebf3fd6fd295b2351] [http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.php?catid=18&threadid=660910&start=0] [http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2922] The tool allows this feature to be disabled by setting the values for read and write to 0 seconds. By default, Caviar Raid Edition comes with read disabled and write set to 7 seconds while both settings are disabled for Raptor hard disks.

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