How do I disable write caching ?

[frank]

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Win2K Pro:
I am having intermittant HW problems, and loose recently written data
sometimes.
How do I completely disable write caching and specify immediate writes
to disk?
Frank

 

[Guest]

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Device Manager | Disk Drives | double-click the drive desired, then select
Disk Properties tab | uncheck Write Cache Enabled box

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"Frank" <Frank@home.com> wrote in message
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> Win2K Pro:
> I am having intermittant HW problems, and loose recently written data
> sometimes.
> How do I completely disable write caching and specify immediate writes
> to disk?
> Frank
>

 

[Guest]

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If your disk driver has the option then Device Manager|Disk
Drives|'disk'|Disk Properties

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"Frank" wrote:
| Win2K Pro:
| I am having intermittant HW problems, and loose recently written data
| sometimes.
| How do I completely disable write caching and specify immediate writes
| to disk?
| Frank
|

 

[frank]

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Thanks both. Quite simple, but I searched the MS Pub Win 2000
Companion, Win 2000 Secrets, and the online help: no mention of this
option anywhere.
Frank

On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 11:02:39 -0600, "Dave Patrick"
<mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote:

If your disk driver has the option then Device Manager|Disk
Drives|'disk'|Disk Properties

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Frank" wrote:
| Win2K Pro:
| I am having intermittant HW problems, and loose recently written data
| sometimes.
| How do I completely disable write caching and specify immediate writes
| to disk?
| Frank
|

 

[Guest]

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You're welcome.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Frank" wrote:
| Thanks both. Quite simple, but I searched the MS Pub Win 2000
| Companion, Win 2000 Secrets, and the online help: no mention of this
| option anywhere.
| Frank