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Squeeze all the speed you can!

Last post 07-16-2008, 7:36 by Scott Belton. 2 replies.


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06-20-2008, 10:29 1294

Scott Belton
Joined on 03-02-2007
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Squeeze all the speed you can!

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Improve the speed & performance of your SATA hard disk by enabling write caching and enabling advanced performance.

Warning!

There is an increased risk for data loss or corruption should you experienced a power loss So best done on laptops only. (Unless you are lucky enough to have a UPS)

1. Click on the Start Button, right click Computer select Device Manager and agree to UAC.

2. Expand Disk Drives

3. Right-click on your hard disk drive and select Properties.

4. On the Policies tab, place a check mark next to Enable Write Caching & Enable Advanced Performance.

5. Click OK and close Device Manager.

scottbelton@tiscali.co.uk

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06-21-2008, 5:31 1298 in reply to 1294

Ray Booysen
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Re: Squeeze all the speed you can!

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Wow, this is doable but man its risky if you don't have a UPS..... Good tip! :)

Ray Booysen
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07-16-2008, 7:36 1402 in reply to 1298

Scott Belton
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Squeeze all the speed you can! II

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Well another tip to squeeze all the speed out of Your Windows Vista Machine comes from a recently released update in the form of

Windows Search 4.0 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/default.mspx

This release works for Windows Server 2008, 2003 and Vista.

Had this installed on my laptop for a few days and boy it really seems faster, for a full list of improvements check out the link above.

Indexing improvements for online e-mail
Improvements to performance & stability of the indexer
Fuller complement of Group Policy settings, on all supported operating systems
Faster sorting and grouping of results in Windows Explorer
Support for indexing (local file system) encrypted documents
Expanded ability to perform fast remote queries of file shares, including those on XP and Server 2003. Including automatic indexing of shared folders.

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