Turn off flush files

Although the A has some info , even the term used in the link is not the same. It also does not answer the most significant things that a user would want to know, that I have tried to outline here. Your assertion in the first question is fiction. Windows API calls such as FlushFileBuffers will still ensure that the data gets all the way out to the physical media, even with write buffer flushing disabled. Calls such as FileStream. Flush in. NET, etc. It seems this is a hardware issue with the on-board hard drive cache, as opposed to a bug with Windows.

It's no surprise that hard drive manufacturers are 'cheating' when it comes to forcing a flush of the write-back cache. They want to score high on benchmarks. I personally have a UPS on my system, so disable write cache flushing for my hard drives. However, the actual performance impact is probably negligible in most cases. Table of Contents. Subscribe on YouTube! Did you enjoy this tip? If so, check out our very own YouTube channel where we cover Windows, Mac, software, and apps, and have a bunch of troubleshooting tips and how-to videos.

Click the button below to subscribe! Android Auto vs. Do not share my Personal Information. It stores the data and not unlike Chernobyl the system can't write the data to drives while they are spinning down:. On another note I really don't understand the big fuss with replying to an old thread.

It isn't like the information is somehow no longer relevant just because a few measly years went by. If you have a blog like this one I assert that you should really never delete or even close any threads off due to age.

I actually have never heard anyone express a reason why they had a preference for closing old threads to further discussion though I've seen quite a few people scorched for doing so. I'm of the impression that its really a psychological issue more than any sort of software or hardware liability.

Indexes generally only corrupt when something happens while they are being altered, etc. I plan on posting this in its own topic,here, to see if I can actually learn what the issue with posting to old threads may be. In the mean time I do appreciate the fact that this thread has been left in its original state and remains addressable. Well by defaults write caching is option that is on,when running the proper storage controller software,as in INTEL Matrix storage,or Intel storage.

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