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    Vista: enhanced Hard Drive performance

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by kojack, Oct 26, 2008.

  1. kojack

    kojack Notebook Prophet

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    I was wondering about enabling Enhanced hard drive performance. it says that it could loose data. what exactly does that mean? Like programs and stuff or just files you might be working on?

    I have 2 raid arrays in my box now, one that is the OS/programs and the other that is files. how would this work?

    thanks
     
    kojack, Oct 26, 2008
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  2. vinumsv

    vinumsv MobileFreak™

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    Yes , you can enable it , if its a Internal HDD not a External HDD also this may lead to a Louder HDD :p
     
    vinumsv, Oct 26, 2008
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    S.SubZero Notebook Deity

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    With that enabled, it doesn't necessarily write data out to the drive right away. It basically caches a bunch of things to write, then writes them out later. Should you lose power or turn the PC off without a proper shutdown, data can be lost.
     
    S.SubZero, Oct 26, 2008
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