diff --git a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Command.cs b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Command.cs
index 96f0781fb..239cc3806 100644
--- a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Command.cs
+++ b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Command.cs
@@ -144,6 +144,23 @@ namespace DiscImageChef.Devices
             {
                 case Interop.PlatformID.Win32NT:
                     {
+                        if(
+                           ( // Windows XP <= SP1
+                            Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major == 5 &&
+                            Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor == 1 &&
+                            (Environment.OSVersion.ServicePack == "Service Pack 1" || Environment.OSVersion.ServicePack == "")) ||
+                            ( // Windows 2000
+                             Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major == 5 &&
+                             Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor == 0)
+                          )
+                            return Windows.Command.SendIdeCommand((SafeFileHandle)fd, registers, out errorRegisters,
+                                      protocol, ref buffer, timeout, out duration, out sense);
+                        // Windows NT 4 or earlier, requires special ATA pass thru SCSI. But DiscImageChef cannot run there (or can it?)
+                        if(
+                            Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major <= 4
+                          )
+                            throw new InvalidOperationException("Windows NT 4.0 or earlier is not supported.");
+
                         return Windows.Command.SendAtaCommand((SafeFileHandle)fd, registers, out errorRegisters,
                                                               protocol, ref buffer, timeout, out duration, out sense);
                     }
@@ -177,6 +194,23 @@ namespace DiscImageChef.Devices
             {
                 case Interop.PlatformID.Win32NT:
                     {
+                        if(
+                           ( // Windows XP <= SP1
+                            Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major == 5 &&
+                            Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor == 1 &&
+                            (Environment.OSVersion.ServicePack == "Service Pack 1" || Environment.OSVersion.ServicePack == "")) ||
+                            ( // Windows 2000
+                             Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major == 5 &&
+                             Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor == 0)
+                          )
+                            return Windows.Command.SendIdeCommand((SafeFileHandle)fd, registers, out errorRegisters,
+                                      protocol, ref buffer, timeout, out duration, out sense);
+                        // Windows NT 4 or earlier, requires special ATA pass thru SCSI. But DiscImageChef cannot run there (or can it?)
+                        if(
+                            Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major <= 4
+                          )
+                            throw new InvalidOperationException("Windows NT 4.0 or earlier is not supported.");
+
                         return Windows.Command.SendAtaCommand((SafeFileHandle)fd, registers, out errorRegisters,
                                                               protocol, ref buffer, timeout, out duration, out sense);
                     }
@@ -210,6 +244,7 @@ namespace DiscImageChef.Devices
             {
                 case Interop.PlatformID.Win32NT:
                     {
+                        // No check for Windows version. A 48-bit ATA disk simply does not work on earlier systems
                         return Windows.Command.SendAtaCommand((SafeFileHandle)fd, registers, out errorRegisters,
                                                               protocol, ref buffer, timeout, out duration, out sense);
                     }
diff --git a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Command.cs b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Command.cs
index 425a7c580..3452f4989 100644
--- a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Command.cs
+++ b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Command.cs
@@ -363,6 +363,124 @@ namespace DiscImageChef.Devices.Windows
 
             return error;
         }
+
+        internal static int SendIdeCommand(SafeFileHandle fd, AtaRegistersCHS registers, out AtaErrorRegistersCHS errorRegisters,
+                                           AtaProtocol protocol, ref byte[] buffer, uint timeout, out double duration, out bool sense)
+        {
+            duration = 0;
+            sense = false;
+            errorRegisters = new AtaErrorRegistersCHS();
+
+            if(buffer == null || buffer.Length > 512)
+                return -1;
+
+            IdePassThroughDirect iptd = new IdePassThroughDirect
+            {
+                CurrentTaskFile = new AtaTaskFile
+                {
+                    Command = registers.command,
+                    CylinderHigh = registers.cylinderHigh,
+                    CylinderLow = registers.cylinderLow,
+                    DeviceHead = registers.deviceHead,
+                    Features = registers.feature,
+                    SectorCount = registers.sectorCount,
+                    SectorNumber = registers.sector
+                },
+                DataBufferSize = 512,
+                DataBuffer = new byte[512],
+            };
+
+            uint k = 0;
+            int error = 0;
+
+            Array.Copy(buffer, 0, iptd.DataBuffer, 0, buffer.Length);
+
+            DateTime start = DateTime.Now;
+            sense = !Extern.DeviceIoControlIde(fd, WindowsIoctl.IOCTL_IDE_PASS_THROUGH, ref iptd, (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(iptd), ref iptd,
+                            (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(iptd), ref k, IntPtr.Zero);
+            DateTime end = DateTime.Now;
+
+            if(sense)
+                error = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
+
+            buffer = new byte[k - 12];
+            Array.Copy(iptd.DataBuffer, 0, buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
+
+            duration = (end - start).TotalMilliseconds;
+
+            errorRegisters.command = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.Command;
+            errorRegisters.cylinderHigh = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.CylinderHigh;
+            errorRegisters.cylinderLow = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.CylinderLow;
+            errorRegisters.deviceHead = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.DeviceHead;
+            errorRegisters.error = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.Error;
+            errorRegisters.sector = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.SectorNumber;
+            errorRegisters.sectorCount = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.SectorCount;
+            errorRegisters.status = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.Status;
+
+            sense = errorRegisters.error != 0 || (errorRegisters.status & 0xA5) != 0;
+
+            return error;
+        }
+
+        internal static int SendIdeCommand(SafeFileHandle fd, AtaRegistersLBA28 registers, out AtaErrorRegistersLBA28 errorRegisters,
+                                           AtaProtocol protocol, ref byte[] buffer, uint timeout, out double duration, out bool sense)
+        {
+            duration = 0;
+            sense = false;
+            errorRegisters = new AtaErrorRegistersLBA28();
+
+            if(buffer == null)
+                return -1;
+
+            uint offsetForBuffer = (uint)(Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(AtaPassThroughDirect)) + Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(uint)));
+
+            IdePassThroughDirect iptd = new IdePassThroughDirect
+            {
+                CurrentTaskFile = new AtaTaskFile
+                {
+                    Command = registers.command,
+                    CylinderHigh = registers.lbaHigh,
+                    CylinderLow = registers.lbaMid,
+                    DeviceHead = registers.deviceHead,
+                    Features = registers.feature,
+                    SectorCount = registers.sectorCount,
+                    SectorNumber = registers.lbaLow
+                },
+                DataBufferSize = 512,
+                DataBuffer = new byte[512],
+            };
+
+            uint k = 0;
+            int error = 0;
+
+            Array.Copy(buffer, 0, iptd.DataBuffer, 0, buffer.Length);
+
+            DateTime start = DateTime.Now;
+            sense = !Extern.DeviceIoControlIde(fd, WindowsIoctl.IOCTL_IDE_PASS_THROUGH, ref iptd, (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(iptd), ref iptd,
+                            (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(iptd), ref k, IntPtr.Zero);
+            DateTime end = DateTime.Now;
+
+            if(sense)
+                error = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
+
+            buffer = new byte[k - 12];
+            Array.Copy(iptd.DataBuffer, 0, buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
+
+            duration = (end - start).TotalMilliseconds;
+
+            errorRegisters.command = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.Command;
+            errorRegisters.lbaHigh = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.CylinderHigh;
+            errorRegisters.lbaMid = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.CylinderLow;
+            errorRegisters.deviceHead = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.DeviceHead;
+            errorRegisters.error = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.Error;
+            errorRegisters.lbaLow = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.SectorNumber;
+            errorRegisters.sectorCount = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.SectorCount;
+            errorRegisters.status = iptd.CurrentTaskFile.Status;
+
+            sense = errorRegisters.error != 0 || (errorRegisters.status & 0xA5) != 0;
+
+            return error;
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Enums.cs b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Enums.cs
index ea39d0c62..5b54fa3bc 100644
--- a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Enums.cs
+++ b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Enums.cs
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ namespace DiscImageChef.Devices.Windows
         /// </summary>
         IOCTL_SCSI_GET_ADDRESS = 0x41018,
         IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY = 0x2D1400,
+        IOCTL_IDE_PASS_THROUGH = 0x4D028,
     }
 
     [Flags]
diff --git a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Extern.cs b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Extern.cs
index 4254ea31e..1356d868b 100644
--- a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Extern.cs
+++ b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Extern.cs
@@ -84,7 +84,19 @@ namespace DiscImageChef.Devices.Windows
            uint nOutBufferSize,
            ref uint pBytesReturned,
            IntPtr Overlapped
-       );
+        );
+
+        [DllImport("Kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, EntryPoint = "DeviceIoControl", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
+        internal static extern bool DeviceIoControlIde(
+            SafeFileHandle hDevice,
+            WindowsIoctl IoControlCode,
+            ref IdePassThroughDirect InBuffer,
+            uint nInBufferSize,
+            ref IdePassThroughDirect OutBuffer,
+            uint nOutBufferSize,
+            ref uint pBytesReturned,
+            IntPtr Overlapped
+        );
 
         [DllImport("Kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
         internal static extern bool CloseHandle(SafeFileHandle hDevice);
diff --git a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Structs.cs b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Structs.cs
index 231bbcf19..c107fd6f8 100644
--- a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Structs.cs
+++ b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Windows/Structs.cs
@@ -194,5 +194,23 @@ namespace DiscImageChef.Devices.Windows
         public uint RawPropertiesLength;
         public byte[] RawDeviceProperties;
     }
+
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+    struct IdePassThroughDirect
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// ATA registers
+        /// </summary>
+        public AtaTaskFile CurrentTaskFile;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Size of data buffer
+        /// </summary>
+        public uint DataBufferSize;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Data buffer
+        /// </summary>
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 512)]
+        public byte[] DataBuffer;
+    }
 }