Speed up external hard drives in VistaPost Date: 2007-10-22 |
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Robert
Newbie Digital Storm Customer Service Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133 |
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Topic: Speed up external hard drives in Vista Posted: 22 Oct 2007 at 7:18pm |
Windows Vista operates external hard drives that are connected with USB differently than internal drives. Write caching is disabled so that you can safely remove the drive at almost any time. This is a great feature for USB thumb drives that are frequently inserted and removed from your computer. But if you have a large hard drive that is in an external enclosure that you never disconnect from your computer, write caching is also disabled which can decrease performance. This tweak is going to show you how to increase the performance of your external hard drives by turning write caching back on as well as activating advanced performance. Let’s get started:
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