Win2k, P5A-B MB, Write Caching on HD
This is a discussion about Win2k, P5A-B MB, Write Caching on HD in the Windows Hardware category; I cannot get the Write Caching box to stay enabled on my HD under Win2k. I have the exact same HD in a different machine and it works fine. Here are the details: Asus P5A-B Motherboard Seagate ST39140A IDE Drive NTFS File System (is that the problem??) Disk access on this machine is attrociously slow and I think th ...
I cannot get the Write Caching box to stay enabled on my HD under Win2k. I have the exact same HD in a different machine and it works fine. Here are the details:
Asus P5A-B Motherboard
Seagate ST39140A IDE Drive
NTFS File System (is that the problem??)
Disk access on this machine is attrociously slow and I think this would fix it up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!
Brian Peek
peekb@albany.net
Asus P5A-B Motherboard
Seagate ST39140A IDE Drive
NTFS File System (is that the problem??)
Disk access on this machine is attrociously slow and I think this would fix it up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!
Brian Peek
peekb@albany.net
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Did you install ali's lastest IDE drivers for windows 2000 (v 0.90). I beleive they fix that strange bug (I have a p5a motherboard, and after installing them, Windows 2000 disk access is faster, specially when putting it into hibernate mode).
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I just tried installing the new drivers and it still won't enable. In the event log, it says:
"The driver disabled the write cache on device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0."
If I dig into the directory services log, it says that NTDS General shut it down with this message:
"Disk write caching on drive c: has been disabled to prevent possible data loss during system failures. "
Anyone else have any ideas? It's driving me nuts!!
Thanks!!!
Brian
peekb@albany.net
"The driver disabled the write cache on device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0."
If I dig into the directory services log, it says that NTDS General shut it down with this message:
"Disk write caching on drive c: has been disabled to prevent possible data loss during system failures. "
Anyone else have any ideas? It's driving me nuts!!
Thanks!!!
Brian
peekb@albany.net
