Editing TurboTax (section)

=== Writing to the boot track ===

The 2003 version of the TurboTax software contained [[digital rights management]] that tracked whether it had previously been installed on a computer by writing to sector 33 on the hard drive. This allowed it to track if it was on a computer previously, even through reinstalling the operating system. This also caused it to conflict with some boot loaders that store data there, rendering those computers unbootable.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://news.cnet.com/2100-1017-979357.html |title = Intuit pours oil on TurboTax troubles |work = CNET |date = January 6, 2003 |first = David |last = Becker |access-date = April 15, 2013 |archive-date = October 31, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121031214423/http://news.cnet.com/2100-1017-979357.html |url-status = live }}</ref>