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Old 04-28-2007  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Hard drive speed boosts

How to Increase Hard Drive Performance in Vista

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Old 04-07-2008  
Harkin


Vista Home Premium 64bit
 
 

Re: Hard drive speed boosts

I hope we aren't confusing the Motherboard chipset drivers with the Raid drivers?

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Old 04-07-2008  
amplid


Vista Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Hard drive speed boosts

Hey guys, one question, what is RAID??

Amplid
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Old 04-07-2008  
z3r010


Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Hard drive speed boosts

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by amplid View Post
Hey guys, one question, what is RAID??

Amplid

RAID - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 04-07-2008  
amplid


Vista Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Hard drive speed boosts

Haha thanks z3r010

Amplid
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Old 04-15-2008  
channelv


Vista Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Hard drive speed boosts

If the checkbox doesn't stay checked, then it is most likely one of two things:

1. You are using the Intel Matrix drivers, which is fine - it enables advanced performance, such as this, and NCQ by default, so it won't let you check the box

2. You have Intel Turbo Memory - the drivers include the Intel Matrix driver, thus advanced performance is already enabled as well and the checkbox mentioned here doesn't do anything.

Either case, don't worry - the hard drive has all advanced features enabled with these drivers already.
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Old 05-15-2008  
SCSIraidGURU


Vista x64 Ultimate
 
 

Re: Hard drive speed boosts

SCSI and SCSI RAID controllers using non-Microsoft manufacturer drivers don't have this problem. Microsoft only disabled write caching in its drivers. I use SCSI, SCSI RAID, and SAS RAID controller with the manufacturer drivers. You can check them with dskcache utility.
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Old 07-10-2008  
PainlessTorture


Windows Vista™ Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Hard drive speed boosts

If i enable advanced performance and my power goes off, will i lose everything?
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Old 07-10-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Hard drive speed boosts

Hi Fmjc001,

You would only lose what was currently in the cache files of your hard drive that has not been written to the hard drive yet. This would only be what you were currently doing when you lost power. You would not lose everything on the hard drive.

Hope this helps,
Shawn
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Old 07-10-2008  
PainlessTorture


Windows Vista™ Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Hard drive speed boosts

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Brink View Post
Hi Fmjc001,

You would only lose what was currently in the cache files of your hard drive that has not been written to the hard drive yet. This would only be what you were currently doing when you lost power. You would not lose everything on the hard drive.

Hope this helps,
Shawn
Ok thanks, Another great tut!
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Old 07-10-2008  
Brink


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Hard drive speed boosts

Your welcome Fmjc001.

Shawn
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