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Bill,
Your original post raised an issue that, if left alone, some of us may not even
have noticed. With the utility you suggested, at least now we know how the
hard drive is performing.
My question, and Jim's, is actually the next logical step since most W2K users
will be upgrading to SP2.
Per Jim's post, it appears the answer is not so straightforward.
I am indebted to you for raising the original issue and the fix. It certainly
is not my intention that you are responsible for solving any and all followup
questions. So please do not feel that way.
But I sure would like the ATA100 drive that I'll be getting to perform as
advertised. Nothing more frustrating than for the OS to not be able to handle
it. So I'm going to be doing some research on this and will post to the group
if I find some solution.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Wynne" <tradewynne@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jvbronke@xxxxxxxx>; <eckho@xxxxxxxx>; <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 22:56
Subject: Re: Off topic: HD tweak
> What can I say? Before the patch I tested @ 1700 kb/sec. I just ran the test
> below (31030 kb/sec). In my case I felt I had nothing to lose: my old ATA 33
> 6 gig drive was testing out around 8000 kb/sec. on the same system, so
> clearly something was wrong with my new drive's set-up. I'm just passing on
> the info I found.
>
> ********************5/27/2001 7:47:11 PM********************
> Disk: c: [] Read speed: *****31030 kb/sec*****
> Read mode: 65536 blocks - Test file size: 10Mb
> **************************************************************
>
>
>
> >From: "Jim Bronke" <jvbronke@xxxxxxxx>
> >To: "Wynne, Bill" <tradewynne@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "E" <eckho@xxxxxxxx>,
> ><omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: Off topic: HD tweak
> >Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 19:17:33 -0700
> >
> >I just experimented with this hotfix install. I hadn't visited the MS 2000
> >web site in quite a while. soI first decided to install the SP2 upgrade.
> >That was my first mistake. As it turns out the hotfix predates this upgrade
> >and won't install afterqwards. So, I uninstalled it. Simple enough with the
> >Add/Remove programs. Installintg the hotfix then had no effect in my
> >system.
> >My speed is slower to write to the hard drives with this system which does
> >have the ATA 100 hardware. My oder computer is twice as fast. Specifically,
> >the write speed to my C drive is 5000kb/sec
> >
> >Any ideas? Let me know. I'm sure I'll get by as is. I do appreciate that
> >benchmark program. It works pretty good.
> >
> >
> >Jim Bronke
> >Phoenix, AZ
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "E" <eckho@xxxxxxxx>
> >To: "omega-list" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 1:30 PM
> >Subject: Re: Off topic: HD tweak
> >
> >
> > > 1800% is phenomenal, for any endeavor.....hard drive performance.....and
> > > especially trading stocks and futures! <G> So this got my attention,
> >for
> >sure!
> > >
> > > But seriously I went to the MS link and what they said raised more
> >questions
> > > than answers:
> > >
> > > 1. There was no date on this hotfix......so we don't know whether it
> > > predated sp1 and sp2.
> > > What dates that were there:
> > >
> > > English version of the fix was dated 04/27/2000
> > >
> > > This page was last reviewed May 16, 2001.......whatever that
> >means!
> > >
> > > 2. MS further recommends that, unless the user is *severly affected*,
> >to
> > > wait until the next service pack. This sounds weird.....they don't
> >sound
> >very
> > > confident about their fix at all. Of course, the question is, again,
> >when
> >this
> > > document was created and therefore whether the problem has been
> >addressed
> >by
> > > sp1 or sp2.
> > >
> > > Bill, perhaps you can enlighten.............did you get sp2 for your
> >W2K.
> >It
> > > was released in the last couple of weeks.
> > >
> > > But thanks for the info anyway. I'm gonna have to run the test when I
> >get
> >my
> > > W2K system next week.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Bill Wynne" <tradewynne@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 15:49
> > > Subject: Off topic: HD tweak
> > >
> > >
> > > > Win2K / ATA 100 HD users:
> > > >
> > > > Found my "fast" new hard drive was running slower than my old "slow"
> >one
> > > > with this free utility Mpower 1.1:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.mindbeat.com/utils.shtml
> > > >
> > > > Turns out Win2K was missing a patch:
> > > >
> > > > http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q260/2/33.ASP
> > > >
> > > > This "minor" tweak increased my HD performance 1800%...yeah, 18X.
> > > >
> > > > BW
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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