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More info?)
I think the original discussion was about the "write behind cache" in
Windows itself for "removable drive" performance VS. "safety".
Modem Ani wrote:
> Ah then, so I was right in the first place...the disk's cache is not
> available to the user. Maybe it was just semantics (;-)
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> Modem Ani
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> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:etkk6MAUFHA.544@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
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>>It is. Windows only "uses" it as a function of reading from or writing
>>to the drive, sort of like Windows "uses" electricity or IDE cables.
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>>Modem Ani wrote:
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>>>I appreciate the information. I thought that the drive's cache was
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>>>by the logic built into the drive.
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>>>Modem Ani
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>>>"Bob Willard" <BobwBSGS@TrashThis.comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>news:OQgfYJ9TFHA.1040@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
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>>>>Star Fleet Admiral Q wrote:
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>>>>>Actually windows or the OS uses it all the time, the user just has no
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>>>>>or configuration parameters.
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>>>>There is one param under XP that affects performance: write caching.
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>>>With
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>>>>write caching enabled, write performance is faster but writing is
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>>>>less reliable. You can find each HD's write cache enable check box on
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>>>>policies tab of the disk management window per-drive properties.
>>>>--
>>>>Cheers, Bob
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