Microsoft KB Archive/259716

= HOW TO: Manually Enable/Disable Disk Write Caching =

Article ID: 259716

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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 * Enabling or Disabling the Disk Write Caching



SUMMARY
Some third-party programs require disk write caching to be enabled or disabled. In addition, enabling disk write caching may increase operating system performance. This article describes how to enable or disable disk write caching.

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Enabling or Disabling the Disk Write Caching

 * 1) Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
 * 2) Click the Hardware tab.
 * 3) Click Device Manager.
 * 4) Click the plus sign (+) next to the Disk Drives branch to expand it.
 * 5) Right-click the drive on which you want to enable or disable disk write caching, and then click Properties.
 * 6) Click the Disk Properties tab.
 * 7) Click to select or clear the Write Cache Enabled check box as appropriate.
 * 8) Click OK.

NOTE: Enabling write caching generates the following warning. This is normal:

By enabling write caching, file system corruption and/or data loss could occur if the machine experiences a power, device or system failure and cannot be shutdown properly.

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Keywords: kbfilesystems kbhowto kbhowtomaster kbperformance KB259716

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