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From: hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: SMARTDRV.SYS  (for MS Windows)
Message-ID: <10108@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 24 Oct 89 23:16:14 GMT
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In article <29898@obiwan.mips.COM>, freeptos@mips.COM (Dan Freitas) writes:
> In article <560@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu> elrond@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Brad Hlista) writes:
>>Does the SMARTDRV.SYS supplied by MS Windows behave like a cache program
>>when Windows is not running, ie can I install it in my CONFIG.SYS and have
>>it work like a CACHE.SYS?  I don't want to have two cache programs running
>>at the same time.
>
>
SMARTDRV is a general purpose cache that works at all times, not just with
Windows. Like most caches, it can have a dramatic effect on your hard disk
performance.
>
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