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- From: timbol@netcom.com (Mike Timbol)
- Subject: Re: Is Microsoft's SMARTDRV worthwhile.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.055246.21191@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <758@usissc.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> <22861@drutx.ATT.COM>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 05:52:46 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- In article <22861@drutx.ATT.COM> dfh@dwroll.att.com writes:
- ...
- >I had to keep referring to my autoexec.bat to see if Smartdrv was
- >running or not. This was a surprize to me, so I specifically
- >tried loading large-ish Excel spreadsheets with and without
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >Smartdrv since I figured this would generate a bit of disk
- >access. Any differences were not evident to me. I know my
- >brain is not as accurate as a crystal controlled timer, but
- >I would have expected at least a slightly perceptible difference.
- ...
- >Dave Haertig
-
- My apologies if you already know this, but this would only make a
- difference the *second* or later time that you do it. The first time
- you load it, it must be read from disk, but the second and later
- times, it's already in memory (the cache) unless it's been flushed
- out already. Try opening the file, closing it, then reopening it.
- You should see a noticeable difference then.
-
- - Mike
-