Laggy Hard Drive (HELP)

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Jan 23, 2004 | 12:03 AM

#11

gyrofx

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From: in a dark, dark place...

hey, i have that HD...it's pretty good. And it is a 7200rpm HD. The only difference is that I have it installed in my MAC. :-D

Jan 23, 2004 | 08:50 AM

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ASIMO

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From: Sherwood

Quote:

Originally posted by baxdatass
4) Return hard drive and get a new 7200rpm hard drive.

My hard drive is a 7200 rpm hard drive and I got it fixed. The hard drive is stupid fast. How I fixed it is explained in the post above yours.

Jan 23, 2004 | 10:16 AM

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amartin

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From: Austin

I noticed it said "Windows Caching" :: OFF.

Why is your cache off? That'll CRUSH performance... as memory is mannny times faster than the disk.

Jan 25, 2004 | 01:27 AM

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ASIMO

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From: Sherwood

How do I enabel Windows Caching? I can't find it.

Jan 25, 2004 | 09:25 PM

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flitcroft

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From: Los Angeles

Windows XP Pro:

Double-click My Computer
Right-click your hard drive (C:, etc) and choose Properties
Click the Hardware tab
Select your hard drive again and choose Properties again
Click the Policies tab
Select "Enable write caching on the disk"

Search for "write caching" on Google if your Windows 2000 click path is slightly different.