[Ingtar]

Windows XP must use an emulation layer that makes the 4KB sectors appear to be several 512 byte ones.

That IS a patch.

[J Edgar]

“Windows XP must use an emulation layer that makes the 4KB sectors appear to be several 512 byte ones.
That IS a patch.”

Yes I understand that!
My point is that the same patch that Vista is getting needs to be exported to XP, not this substandard hack that you are touting!