Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!bwdls58!mlord
From: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Norton cache and Windows
Message-ID: <5805@bwdls58.bnr.ca>
Date: 4 Mar 91 16:13:27 GMT
References: <1991Feb28.185736.17694@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Feb28.233408.27902@qualcomm.com> <1991Mar2.023527.20342@lth.se>
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In article <1991Mar2.023527.20342@lth.se> d89os@efd.lth.se ((Mr) Ola Sigurdson) writes:
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<I've been using ncache-f, and it works perfectly with Windows in STANDARD 
<MODE (much faster than SMARTDRV, especially on floppy read/writes).
<In the ENHANCED MODE it interferes with WIndows' permanent swap file,
<at least on those machines I use. The solution is to set up a separate drive
<for the swap file, and disable caching for that drive. (You don't want
<the swap file cached !)
<
<Does HyperDisk solve the problem wotj the swap file mentioned above??
<In what way is it better than Norton's cache? The features mentioned above
<are supported by Norton.

I have downloaded HYPERDSK 4.20 and tried it out.  Nice program!!

It doesn't exhibit any problems with Windows SwapFiles, either temporary
or permanent.  

However, I have noticed that Desqview often hangs when I use the optional
"staged writes" feature.  Easy to fix.. I have a batch file to disable the
feature on-the-fly, invoke DV, and on exit from DV it reenables it.

HYPERDSK is Much better at memory sharing than the latest Super PC Kwik,
and the staged write feature works great with Windows.

It is somewhat slower than Super PC Kwik, because the "eliminate redundant
writes" feature is not supported in the HYPERDKX.EXE model, which is the only
model that works with QEMM.

In any event, it is incredibly faster than SMARTDRV, but then, what isn't?
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