So while mucking around I noticed that my external hard drive is set to 'Optimize for Quick Removal' which disables write caching for the drive. Windows tells me this means it is safe to just yank the ...
Is it possible to disable write-behind caching/delayed writes in Windows 2000 for removable drives?<P>Windows 9x had this option (System Properties > Performance > File System > Removable Disk).<P>I ...
With modern hardware upgrades and caching techniques, you can significantly speed up an external hard drive's write times. Hard drives include a cache area for storing frequently accessed data, but ...
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Do You Really Need to Safely Eject External Drives?
On Windows, Quick Removal allows safe drive removal without ejecting, but the feature isn't perfect. Mac systems rely on safe ejection due to background tasks like Time Machine backups, while Linux ...
The Adata SE920 is an incredibly fast external SSD, provided you've got a USB 4 port. But it requires enabling potentially risky on-drive write caching and costs more than its speeds can justify for ...
Recently I discussed the importance of write caching in a VMware environment. A key issue when addressing write caching is protecting the cache until data is written to the hard disk. Although ...
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