External drive cacheing.

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I normally set up my external disk drives (i.e. connected via firewire) for
write through cacheing (AKA 'optimised for easy removal'). However, one
drive that I have has either set itself up as (or has become set up as),
write back cacheing (AKA as 'optimised for speed').

Although I have changed it many times in the past, I have just developed a
memory block and can't remember how to change it.

Can someone please remind me?
 
M.I.5¾ said:
I normally set up my external disk drives (i.e. connected via firewire) for
write through cacheing (AKA 'optimised for easy removal'). However, one
drive that I have has either set itself up as (or has become set up as),
write back cacheing (AKA as 'optimised for speed').

Although I have changed it many times in the past, I have just developed a
memory block and can't remember how to change it.

Can someone please remind me?
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Hmmmm...

Try My Computer > Manage > Disk Management > Right click on the physical
disk in the lower pane > Properties > Policies. That took me a long time
to recall.

You should be aware that there is a bug in XP and SP2 which sometimes
allows you to _seem_ to change the caching status but which in reality
does nothing. It happens with some types of storage but not with others
and I'm no sure I understand the details.

John McGaw
http://johnmcgaw.com
 
John McGaw said:
Hmmmm...

Try My Computer > Manage > Disk Management > Right click on the physical
disk in the lower pane > Properties > Policies. That took me a long time
to recall.

You should be aware that there is a bug in XP and SP2 which sometimes
allows you to _seem_ to change the caching status but which in reality
does nothing. It happens with some types of storage but not with others
and I'm no sure I understand the details.
Click to expand...

Worked a treat. However, instead of saying "Doh!, I should have remembered
that", instead I can positively say that never have done it that way
before.

But any way, a result is a result.
 
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