atapi.sys

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The page Atapi.sys is a short article on something that should have a lot more information written on it.
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Commit history (Source code can be found in: /reactos/drivers/storage/ide/atapi)

atapi.sys is the name of the ATAPI driver in Microsoft Windows and ReactOS.

Purpose

atapi.sys is needed to address certain ATA (IDE a.k.a "Parallel ATA") devices (hard drives, optical drives).

Design

atapi.sys is a miniport driver.

Status

TBD