Basic also complies with the extension BIOS specification for add-on BIOS and works with major system BIOS versions from AMI, Phoenix and Award . Therefore hardware conflicts with other system hardware is minimised. When you upgrade to a new system with built-in LBA support, you can just bring your hard drives over and your data is still accessible. On the other hand, many Software Drivers that claim to break the 528 MByte barrier use proprietary partitioning schemes . The original partition table of the hard disk drive is moved somewhere else.
Most computer users know that reliability is very important.
You definitely don't want to lose all that precious data. Basic garantees reliability in that it is based on hardware. No Software Driver that break the 528MByte barrier is immune to virus. A simple virus attack can destroy the code that makes the Software Driver work and render your hard drive useless. Software Drivers are also extremely vulnerable to hard drive crashes.