Tue 26 Dec 2006
If hard disk of your computer or server is taking too much time to get the result, then to improve your hard disk speed you will need to configure a special buffer in the computer’s memory in order to enable it to better deal with interrupts made from the disk. This tip is only recommended if your computer or server has 256MB RAM or higher.
Step 1:
Run SYSEDIT.EXE from the Run command.
Step 2:
Expand the system.ini file window.
Step 3:
Scroll down almost to the end of the file till you find a line called [386enh].
Step 4:
Press Enter to make one blank line, and in that line type
Irq14=4096
Note: This line IS CASE SENSITIVE!!!
Step 5:Click on the File menu, then choose Save.
Step 6:
Close SYSEDIT and reboot your computer or server.
Done.
Speed improvement will be noticed after the computer reboots.
Update: The most speed improvement is visible with IDE drives, however there are reports that this tweak also does good for SCSI disks. In any case, it won’t harm your computer or Dedicated Server, so try it out.
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January 5th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Hard disk speed also improve using hard disk cache settings. Hard disk cache settings also depend on available RAM. Done following settings in system.ini
MinFileCache=4096
MaxFileCache=8192
If you have lower RAM then above settings are very use full.
January 6th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Nice step by step guide for improving the hard disk speed.
Thanks!
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July 24th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
To have an efficient HDD running smoothly, one is strongly advised to defragment the Hard Disk Drive once every 6 months, this will help avoiding any hard disk failure and any requirements for data recovery. In addition, extra cooloing to the Hard disk will improve the HDD efficiency, furthermore, making sure that the processor & the internal parts of the computer enclosure are clean and clear of dust will help in improving the computer efficiency.
August 6th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Hi
Do you have an explanation of why and how this trick improves hard disk speed?
August 29th, 2007 at 8:31 am
Nice step by step thanks