Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!boulder!tramp.Colorado.EDU!colfelt From: colfelt@news.colorado.edu (COLFELT ANDREW BRINTON W) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Caches and Windows Message-ID: Date: 23 May 91 18:14:46 GMT References: <3463@travis.csd.harris.com> <3470@travis.csd.harris.com> Sender: news@colorado.edu (The Daily Planet) Reply-To: colfelt@tramp.Colorado.EDU Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: tramp.colorado.edu dana@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com (Dan Aksel) writes: >In article colfelt@tramp.Colorado.EDU writes: >>I don't remember who posted the reply before yours, but he said that the >>Microsoft help line told him that SmartDrv isn't a real cache and that a >>cache of the PCTools or Qualitas variety would be better. Why isn't SmartDrv >>a real cache? You're proof that the PCTools solution is a bad one... >I was the poster you referenced. Problem is you got the quotes wrong... >Before the world comes down on both of us let me set it straight. >Microsoft told me not to use SMARTDRV unless absolutely necessary as some >mysterious hangs could be attributed to the use of SMARTDRV. >Qualitas told me SMARTDRV isn't a "real cache" and I should use theirs.... >or PC-Tools. >Others have mentioned the Norton cache which I have no personal experience. Thanks for the correction. It seems a little less dramatic this way; I apologize for the misconception. Do you know anything about Hyperdisk? (Re: posting today) Andrew colfelt@tramp.colorado.edu