Computer trivia

This is a tip to enhance the computer performance, in case you are using a SATA harddisk. With SATA disks, the performance of the hardisk can be enhanced slightly by enabling write caching which is disabled by default. Note that, enabling write caching can cause dataloss in case of sudden power loss and thus it should be enabled only on machines with a power backup. Laptops anyway have power backup and on desktops enable write caching, only if you have a UPS power backup.

The following are the steps to enable write caching

- Right Click on ‘My Computer’ and select ‘properties’

- Click on ‘Device Manager’

- Expand ‘Disk Drives’ and right click on the hard disk and select ‘properties’

- Click on ‘Policies’ tab and check the box against  ‘Enable Write caching on Disk’

Click OK and you are done.

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