How to Optimize Performance for Disk Drives?

Follow the given Instructions to learn how to improve performance of your hard disk and removable disks.

• Right-click My Computer.
• Click Properties.
• Click the Performance tab.
• Click File System.
• Click the Hard Disk tab.
• Drag the "Read-ahead optimization" slider all the way to the right.
• Click the CD-ROM tab.
• Drag the "Supplemental cache size" slider all the way to the right.
• Click the down arrow to the right of "Optimize access pattern," and select "Quad-speed or higher."
• Click the Removable Disk tab.
• Click to check the box to the left of "Enable write-behind caching on all removable disk drives" if it isn't already checked.
• Click OK.
• Click Close.

Source: ehow.com

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